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# OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Programming
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  The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a low-level COM API that is used for accessing data. The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is recommended for developing tools, utilities, or low-level components that need high performance. The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a native, high performance provider that accesses the [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Tabular Data Stream (TDS) protocol directly.  
  
 OLE DB Driver for SQL Server provides OLE DB support to applications connecting to [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].  
  
 The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is an OLE DB version 2.0-compliant provider.  
  
## In This Section  
  
-   [Creating an OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Application](../../oledb/ole-db-driver/creating-a-oledb-driver-for-sql-server-application.md)  
  
-   [Data Source Objects (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db-data-source-objects/data-source-objects-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [Commands](../../oledb/ole-db-commands/commands.md)  
  
-   [Rowsets](../../oledb/ole-db-rowsets/rowsets.md)  
  
-   [Stored Procedures](../../oledb/ole-db/stored-procedures.md)  
  
-   [BLOBs and OLE Objects](../../oledb/ole-db-blobs/blobs-and-ole-objects.md)  
  
-   [Tables and Indexes](../../oledb/ole-db-tables-indexes/tables-and-indexes.md)  
  
-   [Data Types (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db-data-types/data-types-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [Schema Rowset Support (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db/schema-rowset-support-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [Table-Valued Parameters (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db-table-valued-parameters/table-valued-parameters-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [Date and Time Improvements (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db-date-time/date-and-time-improvements-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [Large CLR User-Defined Types (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db/large-clr-user-defined-types-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [FILESTREAM Support](../../oledb/features/filestream-support.md)  
  
-   [Transactions](../../oledb/ole-db-transactions/transactions.md)  
  
-   [Errors](../../oledb/ole-db-errors/errors.md)  
  
-   [Service Principal Names (SPNs) in Client Connections (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db/service-principal-names-spns-in-client-connections-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [Sparse Columns Support (OLE DB)](../../oledb/ole-db/sparse-columns-support-ole-db.md)  
  
-   [OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (OLE DB) Reference](../../oledb/ole-db-interfaces/oledb-driver-for-sql-server-ole-db-interfaces.md)  
  
-   [OLE DB How-to Topics](../../oledb/ole-db-how-to/ole-db-how-to-topics.md)  
  
## See Also  
 [OLE DB Driver for SQL Server](../../oledb/oledb-driver-for-sql-server.md)