Clientless ODBC Driver for Oracle - DB2 - SQL Server - Sybase - Informix

DataDirect Connect for ODBC is the fastest, most comprehensive suite of ODBC drivers for all major databases. The unique wire protocol design of DataDirect's ODBC driver eliminates the need for database client software and libraries, which greatly simplifies installation and administration and dramatically improves performance.

This clientless ODBC driver even outperforms applications that use the database's native (proprietary) API for database access. The DataDirect ODBC driver is the industry standard for ODBC drivers, providing the advanced functionality, performance, and reliability that developers need to quickly deliver high-quality, database-independent applications.

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ODBC Driver - Product Overview
DataDirect offers an ODBC driver for every major database and platform. The DataDirect ODBC driver does not require database client software such as Oracle Net.

ODBC Driver Database Support
Find out what databases, database versions, and platforms are supported by the DataDirect ODBC drivers.

What's New in Release 5.0 of the DataDirect ODBC Driver?
With the latest release, the DataDirect Oracle ODBC driver supports the new features in Oracle 10g and enhances support of Oracle RAC. This ODBC driver release also includes support for connection failover and client-side load balancing for all supported databases, as well as many performance and scalability improvements.

What is a Wire Protocol ODBC Driver?
DataDirect offers a wire protocol ODBC driver for Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, and Informix. The wire protocol ODBC driver eliminates the need for the database's native API (for example, Net9), so communication takes place directly with the database through the database's own wire level protocol. Learn more about it here.

White Paper: Raising the Standard: Why Choose a Wire Protocol ODBC Driver?
Find out how the wire protocol design in the DataDirect ODBC driver increases data access speeds by as much as five times that of other ODBC drivers, and makes applications much easier to configure, deploy and maintain.

Independent Performance Benchmark by Ken North
This independent research from database expert Ken North proves that programs written in the ODBC API using wire protocol drivers from DataDirect Technologies yield even better performance than programs written in the native language of database vendors.

Download our Performance Benchmark Tool for Oracle ODBC Drivers
Here's a performance benchmark that tests real world usage! Looking for the best Oracle ODBC driver? Here's a test that will show you just how much our new wire protocol driver outperforms any other Oracle ODBC driver.

Learn More About our Oracle ODBC Driver
Get more specifics on the features and functionality of the DataDirect Oracle ODBC driver, including datatypes such as BLOBs and CLOBs, returning result sets from PL/SQL stored procedures, Oracle 10g support, connection failover and client-side load balancing, and much more.

Oracle ODBC Driver - Frequently Asked Questions
Get the answers to many of your questions such as which features are supported for which database versions, whether Oracle 9i or Oracle 10g.

Learn More About our IBM DB2 ODBC Driver
Only DataDirect offers one ODBC DB2 driver that supports all DB2 backends with one database driver. That means one DB2 ODBC driver for Windows, Unix, OS/390, and iSeries (AS/400).

Learn More About our Unix ODBC Driver
Only DataDirect offers a Unix ODBC driver and a Linux ODBC driver for all major databases.