ODBC Tcl extensions
The ODBC Tcl extensions are used to code the ODBC API within Tcl scripts wherever Tcl interpreters are available. This ODBC functionality is most frequently used from within the engine and the HCITCL stand-alone Tcl interpreter.
The ODBC Tcl extension relies on middleware supplied by DataDirect Technologies. This middleware provides an ODBC development environment, the ODBC header files. It also contains software that is used during runtime when connecting the ODBC application to the DBMS (Database Management System).
DataDirect Technologies provides DataDirect Connect for this purpose.
The ODBC Tcl extensions have been converted to a dynamically-linked stubbed Tcl package.
"Dynamically-linked" means that it is not a part of any system binary. It is loaded into a running program when it is first required.
"Stubbed" means that calls to the Tcl API are made indirectly through a stub library. This library decouples the extension from a specific version of Tcl.