2 Using The Product This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “What Is ODBC?” ■ “About the Product” ■ “Environment-Specific Information” ■ “Using IP Addresses” ■ “Binding Parameter Markers” ■ “Driver Threading Information” ■ “Version String Information” ■ “Retrieving Data Type Information” ■ “Persisting a Result Set as an XML Data File” ■ “Translators”