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Re: Provider not listed...

From	Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver
Subject	Re: Provider not listed...
Date	2011-09-11 23:17 +0200
Organization	Erland Sommarskog
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Matthew Wells (matthew.wells@firstbyte.net) writes:
> I'm trying to create a simple connection string to a SQL 2000 server using 
> the old "SQL Server" driver - not the
> Native Client, but it is not listed in my list of providers.  I'm using 
> Windows 7 Ultimate.  I have reinstalled MDAC 2.8 SP1 with no difference. 
> This is critical to me since I have clients who still connect with this 
> driver.
 
Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=... etc

Don't really know what you mean with "list of providers", but maybe you
are using a GUI. It would not be the first time that hampers productivity.

-- 
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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Provider not listed... "Matthew Wells" <matthew.wells@firstbyte.net> - 2011-09-09 08:56 -0400
  Re: Provider not listed... Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-09-11 23:17 +0200
  Re: Provider not listed... "Bob Barrows" <reb01501@NOSPAMyahoo.com> - 2011-09-12 06:04 -0400

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