Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server

This ODBC Driver is provided by Microsoft. The main functionality of the driver is contained in the file msodbcsql11.dll.

Include "Driver={ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server}" in the connection string to use this driver.

Description

The Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server provides native connectivity from Windows, Linux, & macOS to SQL Server and Azure SQL Databases. Note that this driver supports SQL Server 2005 - 2014. Later versions (13 and 17) of this driver supports more recent versions of SQL Server.

More info about this driver can be found at the Microsoft product page.

Download

This ODBC Driver, Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server, can be downloaded here.

Connection Strings

The Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server driver can be used to connect to the following data sources by using the following connection string references:

SQL ServerSQL Server 2014SQL Server 2012SQL Server 2008SQL Server 2005

Providers

.NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server Microsoft SqlClient Data Provider for SQL Server SQL Server Native Client 11.0 OLE DB Provider SQL Server Native Client 11.0 ODBC Driver Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server SQL Server Native Client 10.0 OLE DB Provider SQL Server Native Client 10.0 ODBC Driver SQL Native Client 9.0 OLE DB Provider SQL Native Client 9.0 ODBC Driver SQLXML 4.0 OLEDB Provider .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC Context Connection Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver SQLXML 3.0 OLEDB Provider MSDataShape

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