Chapter 1: Using the API Guide
The InterBase API Guide is a task-oriented explanation of how to write, preprocess, compile, and link database applications using the InterBase Applications Programming Interface (API), and a host programming language,either C or C++. This chapter describes the focus of this book, and provides a brief overview of its chapters.
Who Should Use This Guide
The InterBase API Guide is intended for knowledgeable database applications programmers. It assumes full knowledge of:
- SQL and dynamic SQL (DSQL)
- Relational database programming
- C programming
Sample Database and Applications
The InterBase Examples subdirectory contains a sample database and sample application source code. The examples in this API Guide make use of this sample database and source code wherever possible.