What is ODBC and how can I use it with SPC-PC IV?
To begin with, Newton’s Telecom dictionary (7th edition, 1994, Flatiron Pub. N.Y.) defines ODBC as: “Open Database Connectivity is Microsoft’s strategic interface for accessing data in a heterogeneous environment of relational and non-relational database management systems. Based on work-in-progress on the Call Level Interface (CLI) specification form the SQL Access Group, ODBC provides a vendor-neutral way of accessing data in a variety of personal computer, minicomputer and mainframe databases. ” QA Inc.’s SPC ODBC Query Feature will allow any ODBC data source to be accessed and data brought into the program for read-only analysis. The “query definition” will be stored as part of a regular QDB file, and can be subsequently re-run to obtain a current set of data. The “query results” data will appear much like normal columns in the SPC data set.
