The IBM VisualAge Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) support provides a single interface for maximum interoperability between databases and VisualAge Smalltalk applications. The support lets developers create ODBC 3.0 compliant applications without targeting a specific database management system. Users add the appropriate vendor supplied database drivers to link the application to the database management systems of their choice.
The VisualAge ODBC support was tested using the InterSolv ODBC 3.11 driver pack. Any vendor ODBC drivers used with VisualAge must be at least ODBC Version 3 compliant.
Note: | No ODBC drivers are supplied with VisualAge. Before using the VisualAge supplied ODBC applications, you must first obtain any ODBC drivers you wish to use from your ODBC vendor of choice. Once you obtain the required drivers, you must install them on the appropriate workstation. |
![]() | The ODBC driver manager library you are using might have a different name than the driver manager library specified by VisualAge. To check the name of the ODBC driver manager library, edit the ABT.INI file and look for the ODBCLibraryName. If the value is different than the driver manager library you are using, change this field to the appropriate name. |
![]() | If you are using Microsoft Access with Windows 95 or Windows NT, you need
the latest Drivers for other Windows 95 applications from the
Microsoft Web page.
To use VisualAge ODBC support for Microsoft Access, you must use Microsoft Access 7.0 or above. |