Intuitively you would think so, but unfortunately not. The ODBC specification last time I looked into it doesn't dictate the key-values that is given to the dat

Intuitively you would think so, but unfortunately not. The ODBC specification last time I looked into it doesn't dictate the key-values that is given to the database driver so it's up to each driver to pick it's own. E.g. HOSTNAME vs SERVER, or PASSWORD vs PWD are the two main differences I recall. I'm not super well-versed in it, so I'm sure someone else here can provide more detail as to why it's different or if there is history behind it being like this. But from a dev's perspective, ODBC connection strings are an absolute mess. Not to mention no one really knows what's what, hence this website. Fun fact, I tried to find the spec as part of responding here and I couldn't find it. Best I could find was this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/odbc/reference/develop-app/driver-manager-s-role-in-the-connection-process?view=sql-server-ver15 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/odbc/reference/develop-... But you go around finding actual details and next thing you know it's under the heading of "SQL Server XXXX" so you have no idea if it's the "spec" or just the MS SQL Server driver reference.