With ODBC Administrator, you can connect databases with applications that conform to the Open Database Connectivity standard. Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is an open standard application programming interface (API) used to access multiple databases from a single application.
You can use ODBC Administrator, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder, to set up database connectivity for a computer. To use it, you’ll need:
An ODBC-compliant application
An ODBC-compliant database
An ODBC “driver” for that particular database
ODBC connections involve an application, a driver manager or configuration tool (such as ODBC Administrator), a driver for the database or database management system (DBMS), and a database.
To find more information about ODBC, including links to third-party drivers and instructions for setting up database connectivity, visit iODBC.org.