SPELL=libiodbc VERSION=3.52.8 PATCHLEVEL=3 SOURCE_HASH=sha512:c1511b9e70e6f72e26da4500e4697c0fd6361c1aed2e7629854d20d74e6aecd0af2e5c16d3efb442232b738649d609327f3c229755b4940a9be8c2cf45e5730f SOURCE=$SPELL-$VERSION.tar.gz SOURCE_URL[1]=$SOURCEFORGE_URL/iodbc/$SOURCE SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION WEB_SITE=http://www.iodbc.org/ LICENSE[0]=BSD LICENSE[1]=LGPL ENTERED=20050707 KEYWORDS="database interface" SHORT='ODBC driver manager and SDK' cat << EOF ODBC is the acronym for Open DataBase Connectivity, a Microsoft Universal Data Access standard that started life as the Windows implementation of the X/Open SQL Call Level Interface specification. Since its inception in 1992 it has rapidly become the industry standard interface for developing database independent applications. Is is also the emerging standard interface for SQL based database engines replacing many of the first generation Embedded SQL and proprietary call level interfaces provided by database engine and database connectivity middleware vendors alike. EOF .