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title: "Developing Applications | Microsoft Docs"
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# Developing Applications
This section contains information about developing applications that use the ODBC interface and drivers that implement it.  
  
 This section contains the following topics.  
  
-   [ODBC Fundamentals](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/odbc-fundamentals.md)  
  
-   [Basic ODBC Application Steps](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/basic-odbc-application-steps.md)  
  
-   [Connecting to a Data Source or Driver](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/connecting-to-a-data-source-or-driver.md)  
  
-   [Catalog Functions](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/catalog-functions.md)  
  
-   [SQL Statements](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/sql-statements.md)  
  
-   [Executing Statements](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/executing-statements-odbc.md)  
  
-   [Retrieving Results (Basic)](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/retrieving-results-basic.md)  
  
-   [Retrieving Results (Advanced)](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/retrieving-results-advanced.md)  
  
-   [Updating Data Overview](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/updating-data-overview.md)  
  
-   [Descriptors](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/descriptors.md)  
  
-   [Transactions](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/transactions-odbc.md)  
  
-   [Diagnostics](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/diagnostics.md)  
  
-   [Interoperability](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/interoperability.md)  
  
-   [Programming Considerations](../../../odbc/reference/develop-app/programming-considerations.md)  
  
## See Also  
 [ODBC Programmer's Reference](../../../odbc/reference/odbc-programmer-s-reference.md)