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Call-Level Interface definition
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://jcc.com/sql_cli.html).
(1996-10-27)
