Microsoft ODBC is a widely adopted, standard, client-side API for accessing data.

Microsoft ODBC version 4.0 is a new version of ODBC for modern data sources that adds support for features such as:

• Private drivers
• Additional capability reporting
• Language extensions through additional SQL Escape Clauses
• Semi-structured data – Tables whose schema may not be defined or may change on a row-by-row basis
• Hierarchical Data – Data with nested structure (structured fields, lists)
• Web Authentication model

Contributions to the Microsoft ODBC Specification are welcome and encouraged.

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