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Friday, January 20, 2012

Goodbye, Arfa Karim Randhawa

The programming prodigy died few days ago due to epileptic seizures. Arfa Karim Randhawa became the worlds youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of 9. There were reports that Bill Gates offered the child to  pay for her treatment in US, but due to her medical conditions, Randhawa cannot travel abroad.

In an interview with "Digital Life" she shared her philosophy as a young child. She told:

“If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind.
If you think shy, you act shy. If you think confident you act confident. Therefore never let shyness conquer your mind.”


May you Rest In Peace, thanks for inspiring us.

Monday, January 9, 2012

ODBC, A Database Connection

ODBC stands for Open Database Connectivity. ODBC is a method to connect and modify a database, allowing developers to manipulate a system’s database regardless of DBMS (Database Management System) managing the data. SQL Access Group created this connection that was first released in 1992.

In order to use ODBC, an ODBC database driver is needed to be installed (most database system have their own ODBC drivers). For this connection to operate properly the application and the database management system must be compatible and supports ODBC in able to send commands that the DBMS also understands.