Beginner's Guide to the SQL Server Native Client

This page contains resources to help developers get up to speed with the SQL Server Native Client. For additional resources see the Learning Resources page. For more resources see the Resources & Community page.

Product Documentation

• Getting Started with SQL Server Native Client
• ODBC Driver on Linux  Documentation
• SQL Server Native Client Programming
• Features of SQL Server Native Client
• Building Applications Using SQL Server Native Client
• SQL Server Native Client (OLE DB)
• SQL Server Native Client (ODBC)

Tutorials & Articles

Native API for SQL Server 2005 FAQ
This FAQ answers some basic questions about SQL Server Native Client and about ODBC and OLE DB in general.