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Re: Provider not listed - repost

From	Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.ms-sqlserver
Subject	Re: Provider not listed - repost
Date	2011-09-29 23:13 +0200
Organization	Erland Sommarskog
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Matthew Wells (matthew.wells@firstbyte.net) writes:
> Thanks for the effort, but this does not help me.  I'm not looking for and 
> ODBC connection.  The closest I've seen is Provider=SQLOLEDB.1.
> 
> I need to pick "SQL Server" from the list of providers.  How do I get that 
> in the list?
 
Like Bob, I seem to recall that I answered to your original post.

Anyway, to use the old ODBC driver for SQL Server, specify

   Driver={SQL Server}

To use the old OLE DB provider for SQL Server, specify

  Driver=SQLOLEDB

These are the two choices. Nevermind what you see in a list, it's a 
connection string you want in the end, isn't it?
-- 
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx

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Provider not listed - repost "Matthew Wells" <matthew.wells@firstbyte.net> - 2011-09-29 12:10 -0400
  Re: Provider not listed - repost "Bob Barrows" <reb01501@NOyahooSPAM.com> - 2011-09-29 13:31 -0400
    Re: Provider not listed - repost "Matthew Wells" <matthew.wells@firstbyte.net> - 2011-09-29 16:48 -0400
      Re: Provider not listed - repost Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-09-29 23:13 +0200

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