SOQL Queries with Salesforce ODBC Driver

SOQL Queries with Salesforce ODBC Driver

Hi, I have connected the ODBC driver as a linked server in MS SQL Server and can read/write Salesforce data. Is there a way to issue a SOQL query directly to Salesforce from SQL Server using the ODBC driver or does one have to rely on the ODBC driver parsing the query to SOQL?

Thanks