SQL Anywhere supports a wide set of data access programming interfaces to provide flexibility in the kinds of applications and application development environments you can use.

For an overview of database application architecture, see Database scenarios.

Supported programming interfaces and protocols

The following diagram displays the supported interfaces, and the interface libraries used. In most cases, the interface library is the same name as the interface itself.

SQL Anywhere applications

The applications supplied with SQL Anywhere use several of these interfaces:

SQL Anywhere programming interfaces

For specific details about the SQL Anywhere programming interfaces, see the list below:

• ODBC API
• SQL Anywhere .NET API
• SQL Anywhere OLE DB and ADO APIs
• SQL Anywhere embedded SQL
• JDBC API
• Sybase Open Client API
• SQL Anywhere Perl DBI API
• SQL Anywhere PHP API

UltraLite programming interfaces

UltraLite also provides developers a choice of programming interfaces for straightforward access to data. The following is a list of the UltraLite programming interfaces:

• C/C++
• Embedded SQL using C/C++
• UltraLite.NET using C# or VB.NET
• M-Business Anywhere using JavaScript

For more information about UltraLite programming interfaces, see Choosing an UltraLite programming interface.