ECDA provides transparent access to a variety of data sources, because you can:
Create developer, application, and user interfaces that let developers, applications, and users work with familiar tools—no matter how your business enterprise changes or what new technologies are added
Access information on remote, heterogeneous data servers as if it were from a single source
Connect to DB2 UDB, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase IQ using the appropriate DirectConnect software, either directly or in conjunction with ASE/CIS, Replication Server, or EAServer
Connect to several ODBC-compliant databases using DirectConnect for ODBC and an appropriate ODBC driver, either directly or in conjunction with ASE/CIS
