Connecting Using an ODBC Driver Manager

If an application process wants to use both direct and client/server TimesTen drivers, then it should link with an ODBC driver manager.

• The TimesTen driver manager is a transparent, low overhead option designed specifically for this use case. The TimesTen driver manager supports all TimesTen functionality. See Introduction to the TimesTen Driver Manager in the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database C Developer's Guide.

• Alternatively, your application can be linked with a generic ODBC driver manager. A generic ODBC driver manager typically has a significant performance impact and inhibits the use of some TimesTen functionality (such as XLA, the Routing API, the Utility API and TimesTen ODBC extensions).

Both the TimesTen driver manager and generic ODBC driver manager dynamically load an ODBC driver at runtime.