| title | Microsoft-Supplied ODBC Drivers | Microsoft Docs | |||
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| ms.date | 01/19/2017 | |||
| ms.prod | sql | |||
| ms.prod_service | connectivity | |||
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| ms.technology | connectivity | |||
| ms.topic | conceptual | |||
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| ms.assetid | 0a1fa7c0-7494-4706-bec1-1ac2c764f6be | |||
| author | David-Engel | |||
| ms.author | v-daenge |
Drivers are libraries that implement the functions in the ODBC API. Each driver is specific to a particular database management system (DBMS). In most cases, drivers expose the capabilities of the underlying DBMS; they are not required to implement capabilities not supported by the DBMS. Drivers perform specific tasks and can be classified into two categories: file-based and DBMS-based. For more information about drivers and driver architecture, see Drivers.
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