An ODBC Driver Manager is a library that manages communication
between the ODBC-aware application and any drivers. Its main
functionality includes:
Resolving Data Source Names (DSN).
Driver loading and unloading.
Processing ODBC function calls or passing them to the
driver.
Both Windows and Mac OS X include ODBC driver managers with
the operating system. Most ODBC Driver Manager implementations
also include an administration application that makes the
configuration of DSN and drivers easier. Examples and
information on these managers, including Unix ODBC driver
managers, are listed below:
Mac OS X includes ODBC Administrator,
a GUI application that provides a simpler configuration
mechanism for the Unix iODBC Driver Manager. You can
configure DSN and driver information either through ODBC
Administrator or through the iODBC configuration files.
This also means that you can test ODBC Administrator
configurations using the iodbctest
command. http://www.apple.com.
unixODBC Driver Manager for Unix
(libodbc.so). See
http://www.unixodbc.org, for more
information. The unixODBC Driver
Manager includes the Connector/ODBC driver 3.51 in the
installation package, starting with version
unixODBC 2.1.2.
iODBC ODBC Driver Manager for Unix
(libiodbc.so), see
http://www.iodbc.org, for more information.
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