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Figure 12-35 Component Services in Windows 7

Data Sources

One of the oldest and most common motivations to make networks is the idea

of a number of computers accessing one or more shared databases. These

computers might not all be running the same operating system, nor will they

always use the same application to access those databases. That’s where

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) really shines. ODBC is a coding

standard that enables programmers to write databases and the applications

that use them in a way that they can query ODBC on how to locate and

access a database without any concern about what application or operating

system is used.

Microsoft’s tool to configure ODBC is called ODBC Data Source

Administrator (see Figure 12-36). ODBC Data Source Administrator enables

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