Introduction to Database

The Database toolkit is comprised of a client and server.

The server makes use of the native operating system's ODBC environment to respond to the requests of various database clients. The client exposes APIs to database applications which are then portable to a wide variety of platforms.

This basic architecture is illustrated below.

The Database toolkit components are cross-platform and behave the same regardless of the operating system in which they are executing. This means you can write programs using Database toolkit features and be assured the code works with many of the popular platform/compiler combinations.

Following is a brief description of the Database components. The rest of this user guide describes each component in detail.

Database<ToolKit> Client - Describes the primary API for client code to establish database connections, execute SQL statements, and control transactions. Also provides a low level streaming ODBC API described in the Database Reference Manual
Database<ToolKit> Server - Describes the database server implementation

Introduction to Database

Dependencies and External Requirements

Summary Of Classes

Library Initialization and Cleanup

Exception Handling