Accessing Other Database Types.

CaveBase it can directly access DBase, FoxPro, Paradox and Text database files directly. Other types of databases such as Microsoft Access must be require that you use ODBC.

ODBC. ODBC stands for “Open Data Base Connectivity” and it is a method of connecting any database with any program. ODBC uses a special driver for each type of database. The driver is responsible for communicating between programs and the database files. In Windows, the operating system handles ODBC and manages all the drivers, aliases and connection to databases. For this reason, you must configure the Windows to ODBC Data Source Administrator before you can access an ODBC database. Click here to look at a step-by-step example of configuring an ODBC database.