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[[introduction]]
= Introduction
This manual describes how to install and configure the following client applications, which enable you to connect to and use a {project-name}
database.

== Client Summary

=== JDBC-Based Clients

The following table lists JDBC-based clients supported by {project-name}.
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|===
| Client Name | Description
| *{project-name} JDBC Type 4 Driver* | A driver that enables Java applications that run on a client workstation to connect to a {project-name} database. +
 +
*NOTE:* The {project-name} Command Interface (trafci), DBVisualizer, and SQuirreL SQL Client require this driver to be installed on the client
workstation.
| *{project-name} Command Interface (trafci)* | A command-line interface that allows you to connect to a {project-name} database and run SQL statements and other commands interactively or from
script files. For more information, see the http://trafodion.incubator.apache.org/docs/command_interface/index.html[{project-name} Command Interface Guide].
| *DBVisualizer* | A third-party database tool that allows you to connect to a {project-name} database. For more information, see the http://www.dbvis.com/[DbVisualizer website].
| *SQuirreL SQL Client* | A third-party database tool that allows you to connect to a {project-name} database. For more information, see the 
http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/[SQuirreL SQL Client website].
|===

=== ODBC-Based Clients

The following table lists ODBC-based clients supported by {project-name}.
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|===
| Client Name | Description
| *{project-name} ODBC Driver for Linux* | A driver that enables applications, which were developed for the Microsoft ODBC API and run on a Linux workstation, to connect to a
{project-name} database.
| *{project-name} ODBC Driver for Windows* | *[Not included in this release]*^1^ +
 +
A driver that enables applications, which were developed for the Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) application programming
interface (API) and which run on a Windows workstation, to connect to a {project-name} database.
| *{project-name} odb tool* | A multi-threaded, ODBC-based command-line tool for parallel data loading and extracting. For more information, see the
{docs-url}/odb/index.html[{project-name} odb User Guide].
| *Tableau* | An interactive data visualization products focused on business intelligence
For more information, see the http://www.tableau.com/[Tableau Software website].
|===

^1^ License issues prevent us from including the ODBC Driver for Windows in this release. Contact
{project-support} for help obtaining the driver.