.NET Data Provider

[Pradeep]

MSDN Documentation says " .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server
or .NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB requires the installation
of Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.6 or later"

.NET Framework Data provider for OLE DB uses the existing OLEDB thru
COM interop so it needs MDAC on the system but why .NET Framework
Data Provider for SQL Server needs installation of MDAC on the
system?

Please explain, Thanks

Regards
Pradeep

 

[Anon-E-Moose]

(e-mail address removed)-spam.invalid (Pradeep) wrote in (e-mail address removed):

NET Framework Data provider for OLE DB uses the existing OLEDB thru
COM interop so it needs MDAC on the system but why .NET Framework
Data Provider for SQL Server needs installation of MDAC on the
system?

Most likely because MDAC also has SQL server drivers, so .NET uses those
SQL server drivers.

 

[William \(Bill\) Vaughn]

Nope. The only reason MDAC is needed on 1.1 and earlier is to use the
NetLibs, not the data access DLLs (like MSADO15.DLL).

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[Pradeep]

Thanks William, Can you explain what is NetLib or suggest any website
to read about that also ADO.NET architecutre with realated files and
information about that

Thanks,
Regards
Pradeep

 

[William \(Bill\) Vaughn]

The NetLibs implement the selected network protocols like TCP/IP or named
pipes. I discuss these in my books.

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