sql-server-native-client-ole-db.md

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SQL Server Native Client (OLE DB)

The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider is a low-level COM API that is used for accessing data. The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider is recommended for developing tools, utilities, or low-level components that need high performance. The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider is a native, high performance provider that accesses the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Tabular Data Stream (TDS) protocol directly.

[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client provides OLE DB support to applications connecting to [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].

The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client OLE DB provider is an OLE DB version 2.0-compliant provider.

In This Section

• Creating a SQL Server Native Client OLE DB Provider Application

• Data Source Objects (OLE DB)

• Commands

• Rowsets

• Stored Procedures

• BLOBs and OLE Objects

• Tables and Indexes

• Data Types (OLE DB)

• Schema Rowset Support (OLE DB)

• Table-Valued Parameters (OLE DB)

• Date and Time Improvements (OLE DB)

• Large CLR User-Defined Types (OLE DB)

• FILESTREAM Support (OLE DB)

• Transactions

• Errors

• Service Principal Names (SPNs) in Client Connections (OLE DB)

• Sparse Columns Support (OLE DB)

• SQL Server Native Client (OLE DB) Reference

• OLE DB How-to Topics

See Also

SQL Server Native Client Programming