Bonus Day 6. Embedding SQL in Application Programming

Today's lesson covers, in very broad strokes, practical applications of SQL. We focus on examples showing embedded SQL in applications in the Microsoft Windows environment and the Java environment. All of the principles involved are just as applicable to other software platforms. Today you will learn the following:

  • How various commercial products—Personal Oracle, open database connectivity (ODBC), Java database connectivity (JDBC), InterBase SQL, Microsoft's Visual C++, and Borland's Delphi—relate to SQL

  • How to set up your environment for SQL

  • How to create a database using Oracle, Microsoft Query, and InterBase SQL

  • How to use SQL inside applications written in Visual C++, Delphi

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