An ODBC driver enables an ODBC-compliant application to use a data source, normally a DBMS. (Some non-DBMS drivers exist, for such data sources as CSV files. Such drivers implement a small DBMS.) ODBC drivers exist for most DBMSs, including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server (but not for the Compact aka CE edition), Sybase ASE, and DB2.
Because different technologies have different capabilities, most ODBC drivers do not implement all functionality defined in the ODBC standard. Some drivers offer extra functionality not defined by the standard.
The Driver Manager (DM) is the software that loads a particular driver based on the connection information. An application is actually linked to the DM. When the application calls the ODBC function to connect to the DBMS, the DM parses the connection string and loads the appropriate driver.
Windows and Mac OS X include a driver manager. Other operating systems can avail themselves of either of two free implementations, iODBC or unixODBC.
Because different technologies have different capabilities, most ODBC drivers do not implement all functionality defined in the ODBC standard. Some drivers offer extra functionality not defined by the standard.
The Driver Manager (DM) is the software that loads a particular driver based on the connection information. An application is actually linked to the DM. When the application calls the ODBC function to connect to the DBMS, the DM parses the connection string and loads the appropriate driver.
Windows and Mac OS X include a driver manager. Other operating systems can avail themselves of either of two free implementations, iODBC or unixODBC.
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