ODBC Driver for SQL Server

What is ODBC Driver for SQL Server?

The Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server ODBC is the primary native data access API for applications written in C and C++ for SQL Server. There"s an ODBC driver for most data sources. Other languages that can use ODBC include COBOL, Perl, PHP, and Python. ODBC is widely used in data integration scenarios.

 

The entire lifecycle of ODBC Driver for SQL Server

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of ODBC Driver for SQL Server. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.

Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product ODBC Driver for SQL Server (Microsoft)

 

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ODBC Driver for SQL Server

 

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LTS

 

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