The SAP MaxDB ODBC driver fulfills the ODBC 3.51 interface specification. More information: http://msdn.microsoft.com
Note
When developing your own applications, make sure to differentiate between the versions ODBC 2.x and ODBC 3.x. Use the SQLSetEnvAttr function to define the SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION attribute before you request a Connection handle with SQLAllocHandle.
The SAP MaxDB ODBC driver supports the complete ODBC SQL syntax. In addition to this, the ODBC driver extends the standard ODBC SQL syntax in the following areas:
Database procedures can be processed as SQL statements.
Note that the ODBC syntax for procedures does not allow any return values for functions.
More information: SQL Reference Manual, Name of a Database Procedure (dbproc_name)
It supports the following types of cursors that can be positioned: static, dynamic, and key set-driven. Using the SQLSetPos function, an application can execute positioning INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.
More information: SQL Reference Manual, DECLARE CURSOR Statement (declare_cursor_statement)
More information:
Operating System |
ODBC Driver (ASCII) |
ODBC Driver (Unicode) |
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Microsoft Windows |
sdbodbc.dll |
sdbodbcw.dll |
Unix and Linux |
libsdbodbc.a|so |
libsdbodbcw.a|so |
More information: Unicode Support
The SAP MaxDB ODBC driver lets you convert all data types supported by ODBC.
More information: Supported Data Types