Finding More SQL Server 2008 Native Client Information

For more information about SQL Server Native Client and other types of data access programming, see the following online resources:

Data Access and Storage Developer Center

This site provides technical articles, sample code, and other resources for SQL Server Native Client and other data access technologies. This site also provides links to download the most recent stand-alone release of the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC).

Data Access Blog

This blog site provides information about data access technologies and allows you to interact directly with members of the Microsoft DataWorks product team.

Windows Data Access Components

This site contains the latest Windows Data Access Components (Windows DAC) SDK documentation. Windows DAC is the version of the data access components (called MDAC in earlier versions) that is included in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

The Window DAC SDK includes documentation for ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), OLE DB, and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).

Additional information about SQL Server Native Client can be found by searching the Microsoft Knowledge Base.