title: "SQL Server Native Client (OLE DB) Reference | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "03/14/2017" ms.prod: sql ms.prod_service: "database-engine, sql-database, sql-data-warehouse, pdw" ms.component: "native-client-ole-db-interfaces" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "sql" ms.technology:
- "database-engine" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: "reference" helpviewer_keywords:
- "SQL Server Native Client OLE DB provider, reference"
- "OLE DB, programmer's reference"
- "SQLNCLI, OLE DB"
- "SQL Server Native Client, OLE DB" ms.assetid: 7c462c92-ad5b-4dd5-817d-2b89c83d8fe4 caps.latest.revision: 31 author: MightyPen ms.author: genemi manager: craigg monikerRange: ">= aps-pdw-2016 || = azuresqldb-current || = azure-sqldw-latest || >= sql-server-2016 || = sqlallproducts-allversions"
[!INCLUDEappliesto-ss-asdb-asdw-pdw-md] [!INCLUDESNAC_Deprecated]
The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider exposes interfaces to consumers wanting access to data on one or more computers running [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]. The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider is an OLE DB version 2.0–compliant provider.
This [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider programming reference does not document all of the OLE DB interfaces and methods, only those interfaces and methods that exhibit provider-specific behavior when using the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider.
For a full description of the core OLE DB interfaces and methods, see the OLE DB Programmer's Reference.