are "database driver" and "database server" the same

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I'm reading a tutorial on using mysql in c++. but I've face some confusion understanding a few terms. what are:

1- database driver
2- database server
3- driver manager

which of them will be my application dealing with directly at last? what term is used to the file in which our data is stored? any illustration/diagram/...?

Posted 7-Nov-11 4:29am

Joseph Marzbani

Updated 7-Nov-11 4:53am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Nov-11 10:36am

Where did you get this? Reference, please...
--SA

Joseph Marzbani 7-Nov-11 10:50am

It's a MS .ppt file

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Solution 1

No, not even close. To best of my knowledge, I don't think "database drive" is a term from the database field at all. I did not see this thing as such term on the Web as well. It looks like people just talk about a disk drive where the database is placed; or it could be a drive where RDBMS is located… After your database system is installed and database is created, this is not of your concern.

—SA

Posted 7-Nov-11 4:45am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy 7-Nov-11 10:49am

Me thinks OP probably meant driver. As in ODBC, JDBC etc.
What stumped me was when I entered "Database Drive" in google there was no "Did you mean: database driver".

Cheers!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Nov-11 16:02pm

I actually saw "database drive" on the Web, but it usually was about a system drive, as I described above.
Thank you for your note, Manfred, OP confirmed your guess.
--SA

Joseph Marzbani 7-Nov-11 10:53am

Sorry, I corrected the question. It's actually "driver" not "drive". sorry again

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 7-Nov-11 10:55am

No problem! I had already guessed that. BTW if you googled your terms you should be able to find an answer easily. I scratched something togehter in a manner of minutes.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Nov-11 16:00pm

OK, "database driver" makes sense, of course. Please be careful with terminology; this is important and saves time. :-)
--SA

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Espen Harlinn · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-07T04:59:00

Solution 3

Your application will usually connect to the database through a database driver. The database driver lets you deal with the database in terms of an application programming interface, like ODBC - the alternative would be to work directly with the server through TCP/IP, which would be much harder.

Best regards
Espen Harlinn

Posted 7-Nov-11 4:59am

Espen Harlinn

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thatraja 7-Nov-11 12:10pm

5!

Espen Harlinn 7-Nov-11 15:26pm

Thank you, thatraja :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Nov-11 16:02pm

Right, a 5.
--SA

Espen Harlinn 7-Nov-11 16:40pm

Thank you, Sergey :)

Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-07T04:53:00

Solution 2

For information on Database Drivers see here:

ODBC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ODBC[^]
JDBC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDBC_driver[^]
Definition: http://computer.yourdictionary.com/database-driver[^]

Cheers!

—MRB

Posted 7-Nov-11 4:53am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Espen Harlinn 7-Nov-11 11:01am

My 5

thatraja 7-Nov-11 12:10pm

5!

Joseph Marzbani 7-Nov-11 12:44pm

;-)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Nov-11 16:03pm

Getting to basics is always right, my 5.
--SA