Microsoft ODBC 3.0 Software Development Kit and Programmer's Reference: Everything You Need to Build Easy Database Connectivity Into Your Applications

However, the CD-ROM isn't the whole show: the two books that come with this boxed set explain, to a limited degree, how to write programs that use ODBC. The first volume of the set explains how to connect to a driver, form an SQL (structured query language) statement, and perform actions upon a database. The book covers networked databases well, but the information is predictably slanted toward Windows NT environments.

The books devote much more space to documenting the ODBC API (application programming interface) completely. As is typical of Microsoft API documentation, the two volumes give information about each API call's version compatibility, purpose, syntax, arguments, and return values. Entries also include some troubleshooting information, related-item data, and comments. Experienced programmers crave this kind of documentation and the Microsoft User Education team, led by Jim van de Erve, does a fine job of providing it.

Product Description
This kit shows programmers what ODBC is all about. Using the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Interface, programmers can give their database applications real interoperability--a single application can access different database management systems.