OpenLink Multi-Tier Edition ODBC Driver & Server Components for Sybase (TDS)

High-performance multiple protocol data access components provide transparent access to remote databases from any ODBC-, JDBC-, OLE DB-, or ADO.NET-compliant application. Desktop Productivity Tools (i.e., Spreadsheets, Word Processors, Presentation Packages, Desktop Databases, Personal Organizers, etc.), Client-Server Application Development Environments, Web-based Database Publishing Tools, and Computer Telephony Integration packages, are just a few of the many products that can take advantage of our standards compliance.

These service components enables connections from OpenLink Generic Clients on any platform, to local or TCP/IP accessible remote SQL Server or Sybase instances on any platform.

• Blistering Performance
• ODBC v1.0 through v3.5 Compliance
• ODBC Core, Level 1, Level 2, and Extensions support
• Client-based Scrollable Cursor Support
• Unmanaged and 100% Managed ADO.NET Providers support connections from Windows .NET and any Mono-supported environment including Mac OS X, Solaris, etc.
• JDBC Type 1 connections supported from any Java Run-Time environment
• JDBC Type 3 connections supported from any Java Run-Time environment when found on an OpenLink Generic ODBC Client-supported platform
• Type 1 and Type 3 JDBC drivers are fully compatible with JDK/JRE/JVM 1.1 thru 1.4
• OpenLink OLE DB Provider for ODBC supports connections from Windows
• Server installations include ODBC and JDBC client components for all platforms, and OLE DB and ADO.NET client components for Windows.
• Three-tier connections made via FreeTDS libraries (included), to which OpenLink personnel have contributed substantially
• Compatible with all versions of Sybase ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise), 4.2 through 12.x
• Compatible with Sybase ASA (Adaptive Server Anywhere, a/k/a SQL Anywhere), 5.5.03 and above
• Compatible with all versions of Microsoft SQL Server, 4.2 through 2000

What is new in this release:

• Improved support for cross-platform character set translation, including full Unicode compliance

Requirements:

• Mac OS X, 10.2.3 or higher
• TCP/IP accessible local or remote Sybase ASE, Sybase ASA, or Microsoft SQL Server instance
• ODBC-compliant client application, with OpenLink Generic Multi-Tier ODBC Driver
• JDBC-compliant client application, with OpenLink Generic Multi-Tier JDBC Driver
• OLE DB-compliant client application, with OpenLink OLE DB Provider for ODBC and OpenLink Generic Multi-Tier ODBC Driver
• ADO.NET-compliant client application, with Managed Generic OpenLink ADO.NET Provider, or with Unmanaged OpenLink ADO.NET Provider for ODBC and OpenLink Generic Multi-Tier ODBC Driver