MDAC 2.5 SDK - ODBC Programmer's Reference
Appendix G: Driver Guidelines for Backward Compatibility


 

Appendix G: Driver Guidelines for Backward Compatibility

This appendix provides information for driver writers working on ODBC 3.x drivers that need to support ODBC 2.x applications. Changes between ODBC 2.x and ODBC 3.x fall into three categories; for more information about these categories, see "Backward Compatibility and Standards Compliance" in Chapter 17, "Programming Considerations."

For information about other topics where backward compatibility of ODBC 3.x drivers with ODBC 2.x drivers may be of concern to users and developers, see the following sections of this appendix: