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About this Course

This course is intended for serious computer hobbyists, IT students, and IT professionals. You need Windows and Visual C++ installed.

The free online textbook for this course is Visual C++ 6 Unleashed . Read the Introduction to the book.

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Lesson 20. ODBC Programming

The Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) library is provided with Visual C++ to allow your applications to connect to a wide variety of different databases. It provides a common programming interface for accessing databases ranging from simple ASCII files to much more complex mainframe databases. ODBC uses Structured Query Language (SQL) to access all the data sources it supports, including data sources such as text files, which aren't traditionally accessed with SQL.

Reading Assignments

Read the following sections from your free online textbook:

ODBC Architecture

ODBC API Basics

Creating ODBC Applications

Executing SQL Statements

Working with Result Sets

Retrieving More Than One Row at a Time

Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Rows

Asynchronous Operations

Transactions

Catalog Functions

 

Learning Activities

1. Use this search box to refine and expand your understanding of new terms and concepts in the reading assignments.

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