Issues affecting developers of ODBC Applications and/or Drivers include: Inconsistent use and understanding of System DSNs - has prevented sharing of ODBC DSN configuration by multiple users of the same computer.Sparse support for File DSNs - has prevented the use of a shared ODBC connection attributes document, which can simplify management of RDBMS access in networked setups comprised of large numbers of users.

Applications invisibly use ODBC to connect directly to backend RDBMS, rather than using DSN Configuration & Connection Dialogs - which would expose the full range of ODBC DSNs, rather than direct (and specific) RDBMS connections, to users and their applications.

Applications fail to exploit ODBC Data Source Name (DSN) Configuration & Connection Dialogs - with regards to DSN management.

Typical UI/UX issues affecting the end-user include: IODBC Administrator UI for Managing Configuration of Drivers and Data Source Names Most of these inconsistencies are related to the fact that OS X is a Unix variant. Unlike on Windows, on OS X, the ODBC UI/UX (User Interface and User Experience) has lacked consistency at the levels of both the ODBC compliant application and the ODBC Driver. Like Windows, macOS is an operating system geared towards the needs of a variety of user profiles that includes: IODBC provides a variety of productivity tools and/or development platforms with transparent access to data managed by an RDBMS.

iODBC Administrator - provides a user-friendly interface for Driver and DSN administration, which makes use of the iODBC Core and iODBC Configuration just like any other ODBC compliant application.

iODBC Configuration - provides the DSN configuration libraries.

iODBC Core - provides the ODBC connectivity libraries.

The iODBC SDK and Runtime is a combination of three important components, that enable the development and deployment of ODBC compliant applications and ODBC Drivers on macOS.

IODBC Runtime Components covering Connectivity (Core), Data Source Name Configuration, and Driver Administration What is the iODBC SDK & Runtime?

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