Introduction to HCL Informix OLE DB Provider

Microsoft™ OLE DB is a specification for a set of data access interfaces designed to enable various data stores to work together. OLE DB components are data providers, data consumers, and service components. Data providers own data and make it available to consumers. Each implementation of a provider is different, but they all expose their data in a tabular form through virtual tables. Data consumers use the OLE DB interfaces to access data.

You use Informix® OLE DB Provider to enable client applications, such as ActiveX Data Object (ADO) applications and web pages, to access data on the Informix server.