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INFORMIX ODBC DRIVER

Reliable, Enterprise-Class Informix ODBC Driver

Wire Protocol vs. Classic Architecture Informix ODBC Driver
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Using the same feature set as its industry standard ODBC drivers for major relational databases, Progress DataDirect offers a Platinum ODBC  driver that:

  • Provides the best ODBC Informix connectivity with high-end performance and scalability
  • Supports Windows, UNIX and Linux applications
  • Is available for both 32 bit and 64 bit ODBC connectivity

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DataDirect's Informix ODBC driver delivers the same advanced feature set of our industry-standard ODBC drivers, offering robust functionality, better performance, and higher availability than any other Informix connectivity solution




Improves the performance and scalability of your applications DataDirect’s Informix ODBC driver delivers the faster response times and exceptional scalability needed for business-critical software deployments. Our drivers outperform competitive drivers in throughput, CPU efficiency, and memory usage.
Provides comprehensive coverage from one vendor Only DataDirect offers an Informix ODBC driver for every major platform – Windows (including v7), UNIX and Linux, including UNIX platforms such as IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Sun Solaris, across a wide range of processor architectures. An Informix 64 bit ODBC driver enables 64-bit applications to take full advantage of the faster processing speeds.
Makes it easy and cost effective to support multiple databases / database versions SQL up-leveling and other interoperability features allow applications to support multiple databases (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, and more).
Offers 100% specification compliance and robust functionality DataDirect’s Informix ODBC driver provides the same advanced feature set of our industry-standard ODBC drivers, offering robust functionality, such as extensive Unicode support and support for stored procedures, parameter arrays, and scalar and catalog functions.
Guarantees reliability for demanding production environments DataDirect ODBC drivers are quality tested and certified with a wide variety of applications and environments using the DataDirect ODBC Verification Suite (OVS), the largest, most mature ODBC testing infrastructure.
Reduces total cost of ownership through superior technical support In contrast to database vendors and other third-party vendors, DataDirect award-winning support is focused exclusively on data connectivity and includes 24x7 phone, web, email, forum, and an extensive knowledgebase. Resolving data connectivity issues quickly reduces the total cost of ownership of software.

 

DataDirect Platinum ODBC product features are 100% driver implemented, which means they do not require changes to application code or proprietary extensions to be leveraged quickly.

Performance

  • Robust Bulk Load capabilities
  • Load balancing
  • Built-in debugging capabilities
  • Enterprise-quality driver logging
  • Advanced Connection Pooling
  • Statement pooling
  • Data conversion
  • Socket management
  • Network wire management
  • Batching and throughput optimization

Comprehensive Database / Platform Coverage

  • Supports Windows, Linux and UNIX platforms, including Unix platforms such as IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Sun Solaris across a wide range of processor architectures
  • Informix 64-bit ODBC driver available

Enterprise Application Functionality

Interoperability

  • Interoperability, including SQL up-leveling, which simplifies the task of supporting other databases in addition to Informix, such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL and more
  • Common architecture across drivers makes it easy to support different databases

Quality and Reliability

Additional Informix ODBC Driver Functionality

  • ODBC 3.0 features
  • Stored procedures
  • Scalar functions
  • Data type conversions
  • Catalog functions
  • Parameter arrays