About This Volume
The IDL DataMiner Guide describes IDL's ODBC interface. Information about installation and configuration of the specific ODBC drivers provided with the DataMiner system is supplied by the driver manufacturer. The manufacturer's documentation is provided in the help/DataDirect subdirectory of the IDL installation directory.
To view the the DataDirect Connect for ODBC Help for 32-bit systems, use a web browser to open the file
For 64-bit systems, open
where <IDL_DIR> is the path to your IDL installation. (If you are viewing this topic in the IDL Workbench help system, click on the above link to open the DataDirect help in a browser.)
Audience
This manual assumes you have:
Familiarity with SQL is helpful, but not required.
Organization
The IDL DataMiner Guide is divided into the following chapters:
- Chapter 1, (this chapter) discusses the manual's intended audience, organization, and conventions. This chapter also provides information about ODBC conformance levels and network access requirements, and discusses UNIX-specific installation issues.
- Using the IDL DataMiner, discusses IDL DataMiner functionality.
- IDL DataMiner API, is a reference explaining the IDL DataMiner object classes and their use.
- ODBC Configuration on UNIX Systems, explains the ODBC initialization file and its contents.
Terminology
The following terms are used throughout this manual:
DBMS: Database Management System
data source: A specific instance of a combination of a DBMS product, any remote operating system, and network necessary to access the DBMS.
recordset: A subset of the records in the current database. Recordsets are created either by formulating an SQL query to select records or by selecting an existing named table in the database.
cursor: The current location or current record in a recordset.
Where to Find Additional Information
For more information about ODBC, refer to the following:
- Microsoft ODBC Programmer's Reference and SDK Guide (Version 3.0). This programmer's reference introduces the ODBC architecture and explains how to write ODBC drivers and applications that use ODBC for Windows. It also contains the ODBC API Reference, in which each of the functions in the ODBC API is listed in alphabetic order and described in detail. The SDK guide explains how to install and use the SDK software.
