calculating a sphere in opengl

Question

I want to calculate all the vertices needed and connect them with lines, so I eventually come up with a sphere. How many ways are there to do it? And also the lines between

Answer 1

datenwolf's answer is great but contains some error. When you use vbo, client states must be disabled after enabled.

Add Three lines to draw code

void draw(GLfloat x, GLfloat y, GLfloat z)
{
    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
    glPushMatrix();
    glTranslatef(x,y,z);

    glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
    glEnableClientState(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY);
    glEnableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);

    glVertexPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, 0, &sphere_vertices[0]);
    glNormalPointer(GL_FLOAT, 0, &sphere_normals[0]);
    glTexCoordPointer(2, GL_FLOAT, 0, &sphere_texcoords[0]);
    glDrawElements(GL_QUADS, sphere_indices.size()/4, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, sphere_indices);

    **glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
    glDisableClientState(GL_NORMAL_ARRAY);
    glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);**

    glPopMatrix();
}