ODBC and Oracle Tables

GISDK lets you create views by opening ODBC sources. Once you open an ODBC source, the view is exactly like any other view in the system, except for any restrictions that may be imposed by your ODBC driver.

ODBC organizes information into data sources, each of which can contain a number of different tables. The following GISDK functions are used to control ODBC tables:

GISDK Function	Summary
GetODBCDataSourceInfo()	Gets information about an ODBC data source
GetODBCDataSourceNames()	Gets an array of the names of all defined ODBC data sources
GetODBCFields()	Gets a list of all fields in an ODBC table
GetODBCTables()	Gets a list of all the tables in an ODBC data source
OpenTable()	Opens a table from a file on disk and creates a view

Oracle tables can be opened via ODBC sources or directly as Oracle tables. The following GISDK functions are used to control ODBC tables:

GISDK Function	Summary
GetOracleFields()	Gets a list of fields in an Oracle table and whether they are indexed
GetOracleTables()	Gets a list of Oracle tables available to the user
OpenTable()	Opens a table from a file on disk and creates a view