Se, 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 ISOSQL committeeS. SQL/CLI provideS an international Standard implementation-independent CLI to acceSSSQL 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)
