ODBC (Open Database Connectivity), for example, along with its various
language-dependent incarnations, such as JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
for Java or PDO (PHP Data Objects) for PHP, is a popular
application-independent API for accessing relational data on servers. ODBC
is powerful -- allowing any SQL statement to be executed -- and simple, in
the sense that developers are required to understand only a few
abstractions. IBM Database Connectivity for JavaScript can be thought of as
an "ODBC for Web clients," enabling Web developers to benefit from a
general-purpose API for accessing relational data.

http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/dbcjs/?open&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR&ca=dgr-lnxd02awdbcjs

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