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/*!
    \page sql-driver.html
    \title SQL Database Drivers
    \ingroup architecture
    \brief How to configure and install QtSql drivers for supported databases.

    The QtSql module uses driver \l{How to Create Qt
    Plugins}{plugins} to communicate with the different database
    APIs. Since Qt's SQL Module API is database-independent, all
    database-specific code is contained within these drivers. Several
    drivers are supplied with Qt and other drivers can be added. The
    driver source code is supplied and can be used as a model for
    \l{#development}{writing your own drivers}.

    \tableofcontents

    \section1 Supported Databases

    The table below lists the drivers included with Qt. Due to
    license incompatibilities with the GPL, not all of the plugins
    are provided with Open Source Versions of Qt.

    \table
    \header \o Driver name \o DBMS
    \row \o \link #QDB2 QDB2\endlink \o IBM DB2 (version 7.1 and above)
    \row \o \link #QIBASE QIBASE\endlink \o Borland InterBase
    \row \o \link #QMYSQL QMYSQL\endlink \o MySQL
    \row \o \link #QOCI QOCI\endlink \o Oracle Call Interface Driver
    \row \o \link #QODBC QODBC\endlink
         \o Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) - Microsoft SQL Server and other
            ODBC-compliant databases
    \row \o \link #QPSQL QPSQL\endlink \o PostgreSQL (versions 7.3 and above)
    \row \o \link #QSQLITE2 QSQLITE2\endlink \o SQLite version 2
    \row \o \link #QSQLITE QSQLITE\endlink \o SQLite version 3
    \row \o \link #QTDS QTDS\endlink \o Sybase Adaptive Server
    \endtable

    \bold{Note:} To build a driver plugin you need to have the appropriate
    client library for your Database Management System (DBMS). This provides
    access to the API exposed by the DBMS, and is typically shipped with it.
    Most installation programs also allow you to install "development
    libraries", and these are what you need. These libraries are responsible
    for the low-level communication with the DBMS.

    \target building
    \section1 Building the Drivers Using Configure

    On Unix and Mac OS X, the Qt \c configure script tries to