Michael J. Pizzo

SQL/CLI—a new binding style for SQL

In July of this year, the American and International committees responsible for the SQL standard finalized the specification for new binding style called the Call Level Interface (SQL/CLI) [2]. This new binding style is an addendum to the existing SQL Standard [1], and will comprise a new part in the next version of that standard. This paper takes a comprehensive look at SQL/CLI and explains why it is important to todays applications.

Microsoft universal data access platform

Microsoft Universal Data Access defines a platform for developing multi-tier enterprise applications that require efficient access to diverse relational or non-relational data sources across intranets or the Internet. Universal Data Access consists of a collection of software components that interact with each other using system-level interfaces defined by OLE DB and providing an application-level data access model called ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). This talk provides an overview of the platform.