Call-Level Interface

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Call-Level Interface

   <database, standard> (SQL/CLI) A programming interface
   designed to support {SQL} access to {databases} from
   shrink-wrapped {application programs}.

   CLI was originally created by a subcommittee of the {SQL
   Access Group} (SAG).  The SAG/CLI specification was published
   as the {Microsoft} {Open DataBase Connectivity} (ODBC)
   specification in 1992.  In 1993, SAG submitted the CLI to the
   {ANSI} and {ISO} SQL committees.

   SQL/CLI provides an international standard
   implementation-independent CLI to access SQL databases.
   {Client-server} tools can easily access databases through
   {dynamic link libraries}.  It supports and encourages a rich
   set of client-server tools.

   SQL/CLI is an addendum to 1992 SQL standard (SQL-92).  It was
   completed as ISO standard ISO/IEC 9075-3:1995 Information
   technology -- Database languages -- SQL -- Part 3: Call-Level
   Interface (SQL/CLI).  The current SQL/CLI effort is adding
   support for {SQL3}.

   (http://jcc.com/sql_cli.html).

   (1996-10-27)