Welcome! In this blog you will find posts about Microsoft SQL Server Native Client, or SQL Native Client for short. This is the component that provides ODBC and OLE DB support for Microsoft SQL Server from SQL Server 2005 onwards. I'll get the ball...

Native Data Access for SQL Server 2005 FAQ In SQL Server 2005 Microsoft decided to change the way it supports ODBC and OLE DB with the introduction of Microsoft SQL Server Native Client (SQL Native Client), a new component of SQL Server 2005. This FAQ...

Introducing SQL Native Client [This was originally posted on the DataWorks blog which is now suspended] By now you may have heard of a new data access technology called “SQL Native Client” that will ship with SQL Server 2005. But before we go...

Getting started with SQL Native Client [Chris Lee] [This was originally posted on the DataWorks blog which is now suspended] As Acey Bunch explained in April , SQL Native Client meets the needs of developers wanting to take advantage of new features...

Using MARS with SQL Native Client [Chris Lee] [This was originally posted on the DataWorks blog which is now suspended] As stated in my previous post , the majority of new features available through SQL Native Client are accessed by connection or...