The tools for software application development in the Sybase Software Developer Kit (SDK) for Unix bundles the following components:
Open Client
Open Client is a versatile programming interface allowing transparent access to any data source, information application or system service. A library of routines, programming services, and runtime services for application development, Open Client allows custom programs, tools from Sybase, and non-Sybase products to communicate with the Adaptive Server family , with applications developed using Open Server, and with any number of other data sources supported by the ODBC standards and other API’s. You spend time developing, not addressing interoperability issues.
Embedded SQL/COBOL
Embedded SQL enables customers to create programs that access and update Sybase ASE Server data. Embedded SQL provides a preprocessor for embedding SQL Statements in ANSI/ISO standard programming languages such as C and COBOL, and has been certified by NIST to pass the SQL 92 Entry Level Standard. Embedded SQL delivers a productive environment for the rapid development of high performance Sybase Client applications. Embedded SQL is one of the two programming methods Sybase provides for accessing ASE Server. The other programming method is the call-level interface provided by Open Client-Library.
