Chapter 1 Overview - ODBC Driver for Teradata

ODBC Driver for Teradata User Guide

Product
ODBC Driver for Teradata
Release Number
15.10
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-10-07
dita:id
B035-2526
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

This user guide contains information for the Windows, UNIX/Linux, and Apple OS X versions of ODBC Driver for Teradata. Unless a paragraph or section is specifically marked as Windows only, UNIX system only, or Apple OS X only, information pertains to the drivers for all supported operating systems.

ODBC standards have been developed through the efforts of an industry consortium called the SQL-Access Group (SAG), which consists of vendors that include Teradata, Hewlett-Packard®, Ingres, Oracle®, Informix, Sybase®, Microsoft, and Novell®. The standards established by SAG define common database access mechanisms to simplify the exchange of data between client and server.

ODBC drivers connect applications with databases. This book describes how ODBC Driver for Teradata interfaces with Teradata Database. ODBC Driver for Teradata conforms to standard ODBC 3.51 Core-Level specifications.