The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default when SQL Server is installed. Microsoft offers the tool as part of the Microsoft SQL Server Feature Pack, or you can download just the Provider ...

I need help in a serious way. I have spent the last 4 months developing a major web-based application for the bank that employs me and it is time to go to testing. Here, we have three environments ...

The support phase out is entirely focused on OLE DB. "This deprecation applies to the Microsoft SQL Server OLE DB provider only," Microsoft explained in another blog. "Other OLE DB providers as well ...

such as SQL Server Enterprise Manager; and database client connectivity components, such as the OLE DB provider for SQL Server 7.0 and the ODBC driver. In the second part of the Service Pack Microsoft ...

Using the OLE DB Provider for SQL Server/Analysis Services, the end-user can connect to a Data Source directly and build a Pivot Table or PivotChart using standard Excel functionality.

If PROVIDER= is omitted, the SAS/ACCESS engine uses OLE DB Services, regardless of how the OLEDB_SERVICES= option is set. If the BCP=YES option is set for MS SQL Server data, then OLEDB_SERVICES=NO.

Often the fastest and easiest way to connect to a data provider is by using OLE DB Services. Examples of data providers include Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, or ORACLE. For each of the ...