Connecting to an SQL Server instance using SQLNCLI10 OLEDB
Connection string
This SQL Server Native Client 10.0 OLE DB Provider connection string can be used for connections to SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0.
The syntax of specifying the server instance in the value of the server key is the same for all connection strings for SQL Server.
Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=myServerName\theInstanceName;Database=myDataBase;
Trusted_Connection=yes;