Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver

This ODBC Driver is provided by Microsoft. The main functionality of the driver is contained in the file sqlsrv32.dll.

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

Description

This driver comes with the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC). There is no other distributable that contains this driver.

  Download and install the latest MDAC package.

Download

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

Connection Strings

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

SQL ServerSQL Server 2000SQL Server 7.0

Providers

.NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server Microsoft SqlClient Data Provider for SQL Server SQL Server Native Client 10.0 OLE DB Provider SQL Native Client 9.0 OLE DB Provider SQL Server Native Client 10.0 ODBC Driver SQL Native Client 9.0 ODBC Driver SQLXML 3.0 OLEDB Provider MSDataShape .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server SQL Server Native Client 11.0 OLE DB Provider SQL Server Native Client 11.0 ODBC Driver SQLXML 4.0 OLEDB Provider Context Connection

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