It allows developing portable GUI-based database applications which run on Windows and Linux platforms without any change to the source code. BlackAdder includes a 1 CPU license for this package at no extra cost, so you may want to check out their great new product. In addition to the capabilities provided through the standard DB API it also gives access to a rich set of catalog methods which allow you to scan the database for tables, procedures, etc. The source package includes a varity of preconfigured setups for many commonly used databases such as MySQL, Oracle, Informix, Solid and many more. Precompiled versions of the extension for use with the Windows ODBC manager and the Unix iODBC manager are also available.
Older versions are available as separate downloads from the old extensions page .
The Windows installer only includes the mx. ODBC.Windows subpackage as this it the only one relevant on Windows. The Linux binary RPMs only include the subpackages mx. You normally have these installed on your system if you happen to use an ODBC capable database on your Linux machine. If you want to interface directly to an ODBC driver using one of the other subpackages, please download the source version and proceed as described in the package documentation.