What is the difference between ODBC and OleDB?

Question

I found this question here: OLEDB v/s ODBC

Which gave me more information, but did not really answer the question I\'m asking, so I shall proceed from there.

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Answer 1

If you're programming in C#, you will not directly use either one. You'll use ADO.NET in some form.

True, the provider that you specify in your connection string may turn out to be an ODBC provider or an OleDB provider, but this will not matter to your code. ADO.NET will both APIs from your view.