ODBC and SQLServer : does I need the client installed on ?

[rjp]

Hi,

Does I need to install the mssql client binaries to use ODBC to
connect to a mssql database ?

TYIA
rjp

[Simon Hayes]

"rjp" <rj***@laposte.net> wrote in message
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Hi,

Does I need to install the mssql client binaries to use ODBC to
connect to a mssql database ?

TYIA
rjp

You should be able to use the latest version of MDAC - there's a link from
this page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/

Simon

[Erland Sommarskog]

rjp (rj***@laposte.net) writes:

Does I need to install the mssql client binaries to use ODBC to
connect to a mssql database ?

ODBC comes with MDAC that comes with Windows, so you don't need to install
anything - if you are on a Windows box, that is. (And it's a decently
modern version of Windows. Windows 95 is not likely to have any MDAC.)

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, so****@algonet.se

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