October 2002
Beginner
864 pages
18h 41m
English
| 1: | True or false: Microsoft Visual C++ allows programmers to call the ODBC API directly. |
| A1: | False. Microsoft Visual C++ encapsulates the ODBC library with a set of C++ classes. These classes provide a higher-level interface to the ODBC functions, which results in an easier-to-use set of functions. However, the overall functionality is somewhat limited. If you purchase the ODBC Software Development Kit (SDK) (you can obtain the SDK by joining the Microsoft Developers Network), you can call the API directly from within a Visual C++ application. |
| 2: | True or false: The ODBC API can be called directly only from a C program. |
| A2: | False. The ODBC API resides within DLLs that can be bound by a number of languages, including Visual Basic and Borland's ... |
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