Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 1760

• Application:
The Application uses the ODBC API to access the data from the MySQL server. The ODBC API in
turn communicates with the Driver Manager. The Application communicates with the Driver Manager
using the standard ODBC calls. The Application does not care where the data is stored, how it is
stored, or even how the system is configured to access the data. It needs to know only the Data
Source Name (DSN).
A number of tasks are common to all applications, no matter how they use ODBC. These tasks are:
• Selecting the MySQL server and connecting to it.
• Submitting SQL statements for execution.
• Retrieving results (if any).
• Processing errors.
• Committing or rolling back
• Disconnecting from the MySQL server.
Connector/ODBC Introduction
the transaction enclosing the SQL statement.
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