Preface

This guide provides comprehensive information about the Oracle Database Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver, including instructions on how to install and configure the ODBC driver, and how to use the ODBC driver to connect ODBC-compliant applications to an Oracle data source.

• Audience
  
• Documentation Accessibility
  
• Related Documents
  
• Conventions
  

Audience

This guide is intended for use by administrators and software programmers who want to use the Oracle Database ODBC driver in their database applications to connect to an Oracle data source.

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

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Related Documents

These documents in the Oracle Database documentation set provide more information that can assist you when using this document:

• Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Net Services Reference

• Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for Linux

• Oracle Database Security Guide

• Oracle Database JDBC Developer's Guide

• Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

Conventions

This guide uses these text conventions:

Convention	Meaning
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