SQL Server Native Client 11.0 ODBC Driver
Coding
Include "Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0}" in the connection string to use this driver.
Description
The SQL Server Native Client 11.0 ODBC Driver was released with SQL Server 2012 and can access SQL Servers from 2005 and above.
The driver is included in the "Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Feature Pack".
Programs that are written using the SQL Native Client ODBC driver communicate with SQL Server through function calls. The SQL Server-specific versions of the ODBC functions are implemented in the SQL Native Client ODBC driver. The driver passes SQL statements to SQL Server and returns the results of the statements to the application. The SQL Native Client driver supports connecting to SQL 7.0 and later.
The SQL Native Client ODBC driver complies with the Microsoft Win32 ODBC 3.51 specification. The driver supports applications written using earlier versions of ODBC in the manner defined in the ODBC 3.51 specification.
More info about this driver can be found at the Microsoft product page.
Download
ODBC Driver (SQL Server Native Client 11.0 ODBC Driver) can be downloaded here.
Connection Strings
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