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Connectivity
Solutions from
DataDirect™
John Goodson
Vice President, DataDirect, R&D
Agenda
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Topic: Understanding the major data
connectivity middleware standards
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Topic: Understanding why DataDirect is
a must for data connectivity
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Topic: Q&A
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At the end, you should understand:
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What JDBC, ODBC, ADO.NET, SQL/XML,
and XQuery mean
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Why the “free” implementations will cost
your organization far more than you
expect
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Why DataDirect is the de facto standard
for data connectivity middleware
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Who
Who we
we are
are
 All
about connecting software to data
 #1
provider of drivers for data connectivity
 Industry
 Largest
thought leader on standards
collection of connectivity experts
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DataDirect Today
Applications
Architecture
and Languages
Data
Connectivity
and Integration
Components
Data Sources
ISV Applications
Corporate IT Applications
Client Server
•J2EE
Web Services
•.NET
•C++
DataDirect Connect®
•ODBC •JDBC •ADO
Oracle
DB2
Core products
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•ADO.NET •SQL/XML
SQL
Server
Progress
XML
Newer products
DataDirect Value Propositions
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Superior products
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Award-winning 24x7 customer service
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Key standards body influencers
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Deep technical relationships with DBMS
vendors
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Unmatched product testing
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DataDirect Test Suites
ODBC Example (OVS)
~80MM tests
performed
Database
Configuration
Options (1-4)
Test Matrix
Support Matrix
Platforms and OS (35)
Driver
Connection
Options
(10-40)
Unicode Level
Employed (4)
Over 400,000 required
test configurations with
200 tests on each
Databases and
versions (50)
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Data Access Middleware Standards
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ODBC
OLE DB/ADO
ADO.NET
JDBC
SQL/XML
XQuery/XQJ
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ODBC
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Provides a common API to all relational
data stores
Cross platform
Initially a Microsoft standard based on a
draft pre-release of the X/Open SQL
Access Group CLI
ODBC 3.0 aligns with the ISO and ANSI
CLI standards
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ODBC “Classic” Architecture
Application Code
Driver Manager
ODBC
Driver
A
ODBC
Driver
B
ODBC
Driver
C
Network
Lib
Network
Lib
Network
Lib
A
B
C
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ODBC “Wire Protocol” Architecture
Application Code
Driver Manager
ConnectODBC Wire Protocol Drivers
ODBC
Driver
A
ODBC
Driver
B
ODBC
Driver
C
•Higher Performance
•No Dependencies
•Data Protocol License
•Test, QA, Embed and Deploy
•Less Tech Support
•Sybase
•SQL Server
•DB/2 UDB,OS/390, AS/400
•Oracle
•Informix
A
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B
C
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JDBC
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JDBC is a Java™ interface for accessing
SQL data sources
Based on ODBC, Open Group SQL CLI,
and ANSI/ISO CLI
JDBC 1.0 designed for basic usage with
emphasis on ease of use
JDBC 2.0 enhanced for advanced
features and server-side use
JDBC 3.0 goal was to “round out” API by
providing missing functionality
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DataDirect Connect for JDBC
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Leader in specJAppServer benchmark
performance for:
– SQL Server
– Oracle
– DB2
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All drivers are J2EE 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4
certified
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ADO.NET
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ADO.NET is a .NET standard for
accessing data sources
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ADO.NET is the only native data access
framework for .NET environments
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ADO.NET has nothing to do with ADO!
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DataDirect Connect for .NET
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DataDirect provides the only 100%
managed code environment for .NET™
data access
Exclusive partner for Microsoft tests
suites
Fast!
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ADO.NET Performance
Number of rows (20 columns) fetched per second
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Microsoft Oracle .NET
ODBC Bridge
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Oracle ODP.NET (GA)
DataDirect .NET Oracle
Connect for SQL/XML
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SQL 2003 provides XML extensions
– Called SQL/XML
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Exposed as an extra-featured JDBC driver
Databases supported:
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–
–
–
DB2
Oracle
SQL Server
Informix
Sybase
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SQL/XML – creating XML from SQL
select
c.CustId,
xmlelement(name customer,
xmlattributes(c.CustId as id,c.Name as name),
xmlelement(name projects,
(select xmlagg(xmlelement(name project,
xmlattributes(p.ProjId as id,p.Name as name)))
from Projects p
where p.CustId=c.CustId))) as "customer-projects"
from Customers c
CustId
customer-projects
1
<customer id="1" name="Woodworks">
<projects>
<project id="1" name="Medusa"/>
</projects>
</customer>
…
…
4
<customer id="4" name="Hardware Store">
<projects>
<project id="2" name="Pegasus"/>
<project id="8" name="Typhon"/>
</projects>
</customer>
…
…
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Connect for JDBC
SQL Query
Application
JDBC
Database
SQL Result Set
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Connect for SQL/XML
SQL/XML Query
Application
JDBC
Database
SQL Result Set
XML Result
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XQuery
 XML
query language developed in the W3C
 XML-centric
– Treats all data sources as XML
– Allows efficient XML views of non-XML
sources such as relational databases
– Native XML Programming Designed for data
integration
– A single query can address several sources
 General
purpose, powerful query language
with full support for creating, querying,
combining, and restructuring XML
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DataDirect XQuery
 Database-independent
XQuery
 Supports SQL and XML sources
 Same design principles as our existing
products
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–
–
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Cross-platform
Standards-based
Embeddable – no need to install servers
Supports the latest features of each
standard and each database
 Expected
soon after release of XQuery
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DataDirect XQuery
XQuery
XQJ
XML Result
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Data Sources
Application
XML View of RDB
XML Input
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Summary
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DataDirect is about connecting software to
data
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DataDirect supports all major data access
standards
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DataDirect is the de facto standard for
data access in the industry
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Questions?
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Thank you for
your time!
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