Oracle ODBC Driver complies with ODBC 3.52 specifications. To use an ODBC enabled application the following software is required in addition to the Oracle ODBC Driver: The Oracle ODBC Driver distribution kit consists of Dynamic Link Libraries and shared libraries (for UNIX platforms), help file (on UNIX and Windows platforms), a copy of the license and this product description.
The Oracle ODBC Driver enables applications to connect to Oracle database from a Windows client as well as from a UNIX client that use Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) API to read from and write to Oracle databases. The Oracle ODBC Driver Release Notes describe the following topics: Description