DataDirect ODBC Driver for the Teradata Database

Developed in cooperation with Teradata, DataDirect Connect XE and Connect64 XE (Extended Edition) provide a robust data connectivity solution for high-end, transaction intensive applications that need to access the Teradata database:

  • Delivers the faster response times and exceptional scalability needed for business intelligence, data warehousing and custom applications
  • Ensures application availability and user productivity through reliable data connectivity 
  • Supports Windows / UNIX / Linux applications
  • Available for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications

Key Benefits

Improves the performance and scalability of your applications

DataDirect Connect XE delivers the faster response times and massive scalability needed for business critical enterprise data warehouse applications.

Provides comprehensive database/platform coverage from one vendor

Only DataDirect offers an ODBC driver for the Teradata database on every major platform – Windows and Unix/Linux, including:

  • AIX
  • HP-UX PA-RISC
  • HP Itanium
  • Linux x86-64
  • Solaris SPARC
  • Windows x86-64
  • Windows Itanium

We also offer a 64-bit ODBC driver so your 64-bit Teradata applications can take full advantage of the 64-bit application architecture.

Guarantees reliability for demanding production environments

As a provider focused on data connectivity, DataDirect offers the most proven and technically advanced line of database drivers. Over 300 independent software vendors and thousands of corporations rely on DataDirect products.

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.

Offers 100% specification compliance and robust functionality

DataDirect Connect XE and Connect64 XE provide the same advanced feature set of our industry-standard ODBC drivers, offering robust functionality, such as single sign-on, data encryption, comprehensive support for Teradata data types, and extensive Unicode support.

Reduces total cost of ownership through superior technical support

Focused on database connectivity, our award-winning support is completely focused on database connectivity and middleware, and includes 24x7 phone, web, email, forum, fax, and an extensive knowledgebase.

Superior technical support is essential to resolve data connectivity issues quickly, thereby reducing the total cost of ownership of software.

Makes it easy and cost-effective to support multiple databases and database versions

SQL up-leveling and other interoperability features allow applications to support multiple databases (Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, and more).

Additional DataDirect Driver Features for the Teradata database:

  • Extensive Unicode support
  • Support for Single Sign-On using the following SSO authentication mechanisms: TD1, TD2, LDAP, KRB5, KRB5C, NTLM, NTLMC
  • Ability to persist result sets as XML data files
  • Supports multiple connections and 16 statements per connection to the Teradata database