Call-Level Interface
<database, standard> (SQL/CLI) A programming interface designed to
support SQL access to databases from shrink-wrapped application programs.
CLI was originally created by a subcommittee of the SQL Access Group (SAG). The
SAG/CLI specification was published as the Microsoft Open DataBase Connectivity
(ODBC) specification in 1992. In 1993, SAG submitted the CLI to the ANSI and ISO
SQL committees.
SQL/CLI provides an international standard implementation-independent CLI to
access SQL databases. Client-server tools can easily access databases through
dynamic link libraries. It supports and encourages a rich set of client-server
tools.
SQL/CLI is an addendum to 1992 SQL standard (SQL-92). It was completed as ISO
standard ISO/IEC 9075-3:1995 Information technology -- Database languages -- SQL
-- Part 3: Call-Level Interface (SQL/CLI). The current SQL/CLI effort is adding
support for SQL3.
http://www.jcc.com/sql_cli.html.
(1996-10-27)
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