User`s guide

A Lotus Domino database can be read by Crystal Reports through ODBC. For Windows, the Lotus
Domino DBMS translation layer consists of three files:
• Nsql32.dll
• Nsqlv32.dll
• Nsqlc32.dll
These files use the drivers installed by the Lotus Notes client to work with the Lotus Domino database.
The client component of Lotus Domino must be installed on the local machine.
Note:
The Domino Server can be substituted for the Lotus Notes client in the database layer.
A.3.6.7 OLE DB
OLE DB is a database connectivity entity from Microsoft similar in conception to ODBC.
Note:
• OLE DB is a connectivity methodology and not a database. Like ODBC, it facilitates the exchange
of data created in other database management systems by providing an interface layer.
• OLE DB requires the use of an OLE DB provider, which is the OLE DB equivalent of an ODBC driver.
A.4 JDBC data sources
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is a Java API developed by Sun Microsystems that acts as an
interface between a developer's Java code and a database. JDBC provides a mechanism for the
developer to use to connect to a specified database, request information about the database, and then
select information from it.
JDBC is similar to Microsoft's Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and is fast becoming the standard
for database-independent connectivity between Java applications and SQL-based databases.
JDBC shares many of the advantages of ODBC, but it has a unique advantage in its ability to provide
platform-independent access to any database that has a JDBC driver available to it.
Note:
The Crystal Reports JDBC driver requires version 1.4 of the JDK.
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Accessing Data Sources