Drivers are uniquely different in what they do and the type of functions they support. ODBC is an SQL-based Application Programming Interface (API) used by C and C++ based applications to access databases by using SQL. JDBC is an SQL-based API to enable Java applications to use SQL for database access.

These APIs provide communications between an application residing on a client machine and a data source residing on the same client machine or on another server computer. The JDBC and ODBC drivers allow you to pick and choose the driver best suited for your application environment.

In this section, you will learn how to configure the ODBC and JDBC drivers.