The native database interfaces provide native connections to many databases and DBMSs. This chapter describes how the native database interfaces access these databases.
For a complete list of the supported native database interfaces, see the section called “Database preferences and supported database interfaces” in Connection Reference.
A native database interface is a direct connection to your data in PowerBuilder.
Each native database interface uses its own interface DLL to communicate with a specified database through a vendor-specific database API. For example, the MSOLEDBSQL SQL Server interface for Microsoft SQL Server uses a DLL named PBMSOLEDBSQL.dll to access the database, whereas the Oracle 11g database interface accesses the database through PBORA.dll.
In contrast, a standard database interface uses a standard API to communicate with the database. For example, PowerBuilder can use a single-interface DLL (PBODB.dll) to communicate with the ODBC Driver Manager and corresponding driver to access any ODBC data source.
