RE: ODBC and SQL book recommendations

Hi, The best book on ODBC is "Inside ODBC" by Kyle Geiger, Microsoft Press. Though it only covers ODBC 2.0, Geiger was the chief architect of ODBC. I found this book very useful in my last project which involved ODBC. Also get the Microsoft ODBC SDK Programmers Reference for ODBC Ver 2.x or 3.x, whichever you are using. You can also download a Winhelp format help file which has full details about using ODBC 3.0 from www.microsoft.com/data (search for ODBC under this site - the file is a self-extracting EXE called ODBCSPEC.EXE). VC++'s online help also has good info on ODBC. The above resources will give you generic ODBC info. You should also look at the help files for the Informix ODBC driver that you will be using - these will give driver-specific features / limitations etc. For SQL, any well-known book should do, supplemented with the help and examples that will come with the SQL utility you will be using to access the database (isql and dbaccess for Informix). HTH Vasudev Ram Infosys Pune, India > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew McHorney [SMTP:andrewmchorney@home.com] > Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 10:28 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: ODBC and SQL book recommendations > > I am going to be doing some C++ development that involves using ODBC to > access an Informix database. What books are there that are good for > learning about odbc development and about sql. > >