odbc-api-implementation-details.md

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ODBC API Implementation Details

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Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a Microsoft Win32 application programming interface used by applications to access data in ODBC data sources.

The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver reference does not document all of the ODBC function calls. Only those functions that have driver-specific parameters or behaviors when used with the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver are discussed.

The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver complies with the ODBC 3.51 specification. For a comprehensive reference of ODBC 3.51, download the Microsoft Data Access Components SDK from the Data Access and Storage Developer Center, or view the ODBC Programmer's Reference online.

In This Section

• SQLBindCol

• SQLBindParameter

• SQLBrowseConnect

• SQLCancel

• SQLCloseCursor

• SQLColAttribute

• SQLColumnPrivileges

• SQLColumns

• SQLConfigDataSource

• SQLConnect

• SQLDescribeCol

• SQLDescribeParam

• SQLDriverConnect

• SQLDrivers

• SQLEndTran

• SQLExecDirect

• SQLExecute

• SQLFetch

• SQLFetchScroll

• SQLForeignKeys

• SQLFreeHandle

• SQLFreeStmt

• SQLGetConnectAttr

• SQLGetCursorName

• SQLGetData

• SQLGetDescField

• SQLGetDiagField

• SQLGetFunctions

• SQLGetInfo

• SQLGetStmtAttr

• SQLGetTypeInfo

• SQLMoreResults

• SQLNativeSql

• SQLNumParams

• SQLNumResultCols

• SQLParamData

• SQLPrimaryKeys

• SQLProcedureColumns

• SQLProcedures

• SQLPutData

• SQLRowCount

• SQLSetConnectAttr

• SQLSetDescField

• SQLSetDescRec

• SQLSetEnvAttr

• SQLSetStmtAttr

• SQLSpecialColumns

• SQLStatistics

• SQLTablePrivileges

• SQLTables

See Also

SQL Server Native Client (ODBC) Reference
Building Applications with SQL Server Native Client