Many client applications, including application development systems, use the ODBC interface to access Sybase IQ.
When connecting to the database, ODBC applications typically use ODBC data sources. An ODBC data source is a set of connection parameters, stored in the registry or in a file.
For Sybase IQ, ODBC data sources can be used not only by ODBC applications on Windows, but also by other applications:
Sybase IQ client applications on UNIX can use ODBC data sources, as well as those on Windows operating systems. On UNIX, the data source is stored as a file.
Sybase IQ client applications using the OLE DB or Embedded SQL interfaces can use ODBC data sources, as well as ODBC applications.
Interactive SQL can use ODBC data sources.
JDBC connections using the iAnywhere JDBC driver can use ODBC data sources.