An Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data source is a set of configuration information that specifies an ODBC driver to read from a particular database format, a directory or file that contains one or more tables, and a name for this set of information.
这种技术可以允许程序不必理解特定数据库格式的具体细节即可读取来自不同数据源的信息。 该功能是通过使用 ODBC 驱动程序实现的。 因为有大量可用 ODBC 驱动程序,所以 BarTender 能够读取来自多种不同数据源的数据。 These include every major database and spreadsheet format and text files that are other than standard delimited text files or fixed-width field text files.
When you select ODBC Connection from the Database Setup Wizard, BarTender can import data from any data source for which you have an ODBC driver. 尽管使用命名的 ODBC 数据源并不要求具备 ODBC 或 ODBC 管理器的高级知识,但理解 ODBC 的基本知识可能会有帮助。
ODBC drivers exist for all major database management systems, for many other data sources such as address book systems and Excel, and even for text or CSV files. 要添加、修改或删除 ODBC 数据源,请使用“ODBC 数据源管理”对话框。
BarTender 会通过安装的 ODBC 驱动程序连接到任何数据库类型。