Database Management

<<...Many business applications require fast access to individual records in a large database. Up to now, most database programming for microcomputers has been centered on the dBASE/Xbase language. The Microsoft Open Database Connectivity(ODBC) software standard provides a way for Microsoft Foundation Class Library programmers to create powerful database applications for Windows. Programmers get the advantages of both object-oriented programming and the SQL(Structured Query Language) database access language. They can even access dBASE files...>>

<<...Visual C++ does not contain the ODBC tools necessary to create database applications. The ODBC Software Development Kit, which includes the ODBC Programmers Reference, is available from Microsoft...>>

ODBC and JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) are KEY WORDS for vendor independent database solution...


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