---
name: "tdbc"
section: "3tcl"
platform: "linux"
package: "tcl8.6-tdbc"
version: "1.1.10-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tdbc"
---

# tdbc(3tcl)

Tcl Database Connectivity

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## NAME

tdbc - Tcl Database Connectivity

## SYNOPSIS

```
package require tdbc 1.0
package require tdbc::driver version
tdbc::driver::connection create db ?-option value...?
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## DESCRIPTION

Tcl Database Connectivity (TDBC) is a common interface for Tcl programs to access SQL databases. It is implemented by a series of database *drivers*: separate modules, each of which adapts Tcl to the interface of one particular database system.  All of the drivers implement a common series of commands for manipulating the database. These commands are all named dynamically, since they all represent objects in the database system. They include **connections,** which represent connections to a database; **statements,** which represent SQL statements, and **result sets,** which represent the sets of rows that result from executing statements. All of these have manual pages of their own, listed under **SEE ALSO**.

In addition, TDBC itself has a few service procedures that are chiefly of interest to driver writers. **SEE ALSO** also enumerates them.

## SEE ALSO

[Tdbc\_Init(3)](/Tdbc_Init/3.md), tdbc::connection(3tcl), tdbc::mapSqlState(3tcl), tdbc::resultset(3tcl), tdbc::statement(3tcl), tdbc::tokenize(3tcl), tdbc::mysql(3tcl), tdbc::odbc(3tcl), tdbc::postgres(3tcl), tdbc::sqlite3(3tcl)

## KEYWORDS

TDBC, SQL, database, connectivity, connection, resultset, statement

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008 by Kevin B. Kenny.