What is ODBC?

ODBC stands for Oracle Database Connectivity. It is an API which is used to access different databases.

The OFBC driver uses the Open Database connectivity interface provided by Microsoft to communicate with the databases. It is independent of Databases and platforms and operating systems. Once you develop an application using ODBC you can run it on other platforms with little change in Data access code. ODBC uses SQL syntax and it is based on Open call level interface.