ODBC is a Microsoft-developed API for accessing relational database management systems (RDBMS). The ODBC Driver for Oracle translates ODBC function calls into Oracle Net8/Net9 (now Oracle Net Services) protocol calls. It allows applications like Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and custom C/C++/Python applications to interact with Oracle databases without being tied to Oracle’s native OCI (Oracle Call Interface) directly.
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