ODBC confusion

I'm unsure about where exactly the ODBC driver(s) fit into the picture when it comes to accessing a PostgreSQL
database.

I want to learn to access PostgreSQL from my Linux and Windows machine. (Linux machine is running PostgreSQL) with:

1. Java - already done this using the JDBC driver in my jdbcxxxxx.jar file. I just copied this to my win machine and
putit in my CLASSPATH. 

2. Perl - I understand I can use DBI for this

3. C and C++ - there are library routines for this.


Is it possible to use an ODBC driver exclusively with programming tools/languages instead of JDBC, DBI, libpg, libpg?




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