Base, 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 MicrosoftOpen 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. . (1996-10-27)