ODBC 3.5 Developer's Guide

I am a person of learning by example. I don't use all functions of ODBC, but I use whatever I need for my project. For every function I need, there is an example in this book for me to understand. Actually, I learn ODBC from this book

I'm a new learner of ODBC. Through the instruction of this book, I just spent one week implementing a ODBC software component for my job. So I take this opportunity to honestly thank the author for his execellent book.

The book is good. There are many samples that were coompiled and worked without extra changes. This book is a good addition to ODBC SDK.

A software development book has to be pretty good for me to give it a 5 star rating, and this one really is. An associate of mine said he needed to learn more about ODBC, and I explained that this book is great as a reference AND as a tutorial. That's a claim that can be made about a precious few books. Later, I happened to be reading the foreword (not written by the author of the book), and that's exactly what the guy who wrote it said about this book, and it really is true. Things in this book are where I expect them to be. I don't have to look very long to find what I want. If you need to do ODBC programming, I can't imagine that there's a better book out there to use as a guide.

I've spent tons of time wading through ODBC specifications, online help, doc after doc after doc looking for the information that this book provides all in one reference.Oh, the time I would have saved if this had existed when I started developing ODBC drivers!The excellent cross-reference between ODBC Spec levels is SO useful. Having great code examples FOR EACH API is wonderful. From the high-level explanation of ODBC key concepts all the way to the last detailed SQLState, Roger Sanders has provided us with a diamond in the rough of ODBC books... Thanks!