SQL Server 2005 64-bit version

[SimeonD]

Hi
I'm going to upgrade the SQL Server machine. Since I'm buying a brand new
server, is there any reason not to buy a 64 bit OS, with 64 bit SQL Server?
Will ADPs work with the 64 bit version?
Thanks
Simeon

 

[Sylvain Lafontaine]

ADP should work without any problem against the 64 bit version. The only
known big problem is for poeple trying to access/open a Jet/Access MDB file
directly from the SQL-Server (an not in the other direction; ie. from MDB
toward the SQL-Server).

 

[Charles Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Simeon,
Yes, sure! I agree with Sylvain. Access ADP can work with SQL Server 64 bit
version. However currently you cannot access 32-bit Access database from
64-bit SQL Server due to lack of 64-bit Jet driver.


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Charles Wang
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[SimeonD]

Thanks. Just so I'm clear here -
I use Access on my own 32-bit PC
Server is 64 bit
ADP will work. MDB cannot read tables through ODBC.

 

[Sylvain Lafontaine]

ADP will work. MDB cannot read tables through ODBC.

MDB can still read tables (sql tables) through ODBC; it's the sql-server who
cannot read MDB tables through ODBC or OLEDB (unless by using the new 64 bit
version of MSDASQL but I didn't test it personally so I cannot tell you
anything more on this).

Of course, there is also a possibility of using a 32 bit version of
SQL-Server as a proxy between a 64 bit version and a MDB file.

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Thanks. Just so I'm clear here -
I use Access on my own 32-bit PC
Server is 64 bit
ADP will work. MDB cannot read tables through ODBC.

Hi Simeon,
Yes, sure! I agree with Sylvain. Access ADP can work with SQL Server 64
bit
version. However currently you cannot access 32-bit Access database from
64-bit SQL Server due to lack of 64-bit Jet driver.


Best regards,
Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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