Re: Accessing MDB's

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From: BobAchgill (BobAchgill_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: 18 Jan 2005 05:06:30 -0800

I found this (see link below) which suggest that only ODBC Desktop
Pack
drivers ARE included with 2000 and XP operating systems.

Quote (from link below)-
"These drivers are included with the Windows 2000
operating system, the Windows XP operating system, and the Windows
Server 2003 operating system."

Am I reading this correctly that I do NOT need to load ODBC (MDAC)
drivers if my desktops are 2000, XP or 2003??

Where did you get your quote from??

Quote -
".net OleDbProvider 1.1 require MDAC >= 2.6 (framework 1.1 comes with
mdac
2.7 sp1)."

Maybe both quotes are correct... ODBC drivers DO come with 2000, XP and
2003 but those drivers are not supported by .Net??

Are there performance trades between using ODBC instead of Jet? I have
heard that ODBC is slow?

Bob

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How to obtain the latest service pack for the Microsoft Jet 4.0
Database Engine
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239114#9

If you obtain the Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8 download for computers that
are running Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft
Windows NT version 4.0, you will also receive the ODBC Desktop Driver
Pack drivers. These drivers are included with the Windows 2000
operating system, the Windows XP operating system, and the Windows
Server 2003 operating system. The ODBC Desktop Driver Pack drivers
includes the following files:

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