Remote Database Access

Remote database access (RDA) is a protocol standard for database access.

Purpose

RDA describes the connection of a database client to a database server. It includes features for

• communicating database operations and parameters from the client to the server,
• in return, transporting result data from the server to the client,
• database transaction management.
• exchange of information.

RDA is an application-level protocol, inasmuch that it builds on an existing network connection between client and server. In the case of TCP/IP connections, RFC 1066 is used for implementing RDA.

History

RDA was published in 1993, as a combined standard of ANSI, ISO and IEC. The standards definition comprises two parts:

• ANSI/ISO/IEC 9579-1:1993
• ANSI/ISO/IEC 9579-2:1993

Sources

• "Remote Database Access". NIST SQL Project. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 2008-04-12. 

• "Example of technology implementing Remote Database Access". Retrieved 2014-04-29.