libgda/libgnomedb are a complete framewok for developing database-oriented applications, and currently allow access to PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, SQLite, FireBird/Interbase, IBM DB2, mSQL and MS SQL server, as well as MS Access and xBase files and ODBC data sources.

libgda/libgnomedb are the base of the database support in the GNOME Office application suite, providing database access for many features in both Gnumeric and Abiword.

1.3.0 is the first development release of the 1.3 series, which will lead to 2.0. The main changes are the merge of libmergeant (from mergeant) and libgnomedb into a single library, which gives libgnomedb a lot of cool features like a data dictionary, widgets to modify data very easily and other neat things.