This user guide contains information for the Windows, UNIX/Linux, and Apple macOS versions of ODBC Driver for Teradata. Unless a paragraph or section is specifically marked as Windows only, UNIX system only, or Apple macOS 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 document describes how ODBC Driver for Teradata interfaces with the database. ODBC Driver for Teradata conforms to standard ODBC 3.8 Core-Level specifications.