In SQL Server 2008, the x64 and Itanium versions of sqlncli.msi will install the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of SQL Server Native Client. The x86 version of sqlncli.msi will only work on 32-bit Windows operating systems and will install the 32-bit version
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(The content of this entry was developed by Anton Klimov, a software engineer on the SQL Server Native Client team.) Table-valued, user-defined functions (TVF) can be used as an alternative to views or stored procedures. ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191165.aspx
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