The native database interfaces provide native connections to many databases and DBMSs. This chapter describes how the native database interfaces access these databases.
The native database interfaces are not provided with the Desktop and Professional editions of PowerBuilder. You can upgrade to PowerBuilder Enterprise to use the native database interfaces.
For a complete list of the supported native database interfaces, see “Supported Database Interfaces” in online Help.
A native database interface is a direct connection to your data in PowerBuilder.
Each native database interface uses its own interface DLL to communicate with a specified database through a vendor-specific database API. For example, the SQL Native Client interface for Microsoft SQL Server uses a DLL named PBSNC125.DLL to access the database, whereas the Oracle 11g database interface accesses the database through PBORA125.DLL.
In contrast, a standard database interface uses a standard API to communicate with the database. For example, PowerBuilder can use a single-interface DLL (PBODB125.DLL) to communicate with the ODBC Driver Manager and corresponding driver to access any ODBC data source.
