ODBC Client Capability Supplement
Preface
Section titled “Preface”After you install or upgrade Thoroughbred Environment 8.9.1, you must customize system files to ensure that Thoroughbred Basic can interact smoothly with databases created under other products, for example, Microsoft Access databases. The Thoroughbred Basic ODBC Client Capability Customization Supplement provides information that helps you establish and maintain connections between Thoroughbred products and ODBC-compliant databases.
This manual supplements the Basic Developer Guide, Volume II of the Basic Customization and Tuning Guide, the Thoroughbred Environment for Windows Installation Guide, and the Basic for UNIX and Linux Installation Guide.
The Thoroughbred Basic ODBC Client Capability Supplement assumes familiarity with the contents of the manuals listed above, experience with Thoroughbred products, and knowledge of Windows, UNIX, or Linux. Knowledge of ODBC-compliant databases is helpful, but not assumed.
Notational Symbols
Section titled “Notational Symbols”- BOLD
- FACE/UPPERCASE Commands or keywords you must code exactly as shown. For example, CONNECT VIEWNAME.
- Italic Face
- Information you must supply. For example, CONNECT viewname. In most cases, lowercase italics denotes values that accept lowercase or uppercase characters.
- UPPERCASE ITALICS
- Denotes values you must capitalize. For example, CONNECT VIEWNAME.
- Underscores
- Displays a default in a command description or a default in a screen image.
- Brackets [ ]
- You can select one of the options enclosed by the brackets; none of the enclosed values is required. For example, CONNECT [VIEWNAME|viewname].
- Vertical Bar |
- Piping separates options. One vertical bar separates two options, two vertical bars separate three options. You can select only one of the options
- Braces { }
- You must select one of the options enclosed by the braces. For example, CONNECT {VIEWNAME|viewname}.
- Ellipsis . . .
- You can repeat the word or clause that immediately precedes the ellipsis. For example, CONNECT {viewname1}[ [, viewname2] . . . ].
- lowercase
- displays information you must supply, for example, SEND filename.txt.
- Brackets [ ]
- are part of the syntax and must be included. For example, SEND [filename.txt] means that you must type the brackets to execute the command.
- punctuation
- such as , (comma), ; (semicolon), : (colon), and ( ) (parentheses), are part of the syntax and must be included.
In this guide
Section titled “In this guide”Copyright and trademarks
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