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QUESTION
Is the Ascent/MAS VB database ODBC Compatible?
ANSWER
ODBC stands for Open DataBase Connectivity, and is a standard which allows software applications to use a variety of different databases for storing their data.
Ascent/MAS VB is tied to one specific database called Interbase (which of course we provide with Ascent/MAS VB), so there is no need for it to use ODBC to access that one database. However Interbase itself is ODBC compatible, so if you want to use ODBC to access the database that Ascent/MAS VB uses you can do so using the Interbase ODBC drivers.
In summary the answer is 'No' to the question 'Can Ascent/MAS VB use any ODBC database engine instead of Interbase?', but 'Yes' to the question 'Can the Ascent/MAS VB database (Interbase) be accessed using ODBC?'
FAQ ID: 11625 Last Reviewed: 3/05/2002