What's New in SQL Server Native Client

The following topics describe significant new SQL Server Native Client (version 10.0) features that were added for SQL Server 2008.

• Table-Valued Parameters (SQL Server Native Client)

• Large CLR User-Defined Types

• FILESTREAM Support

• Service Principal Name (SPN) Support in Client Connections

• Sparse Columns Support in SQL Server Native Client

• Date/Time Improvements

SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client (SQL Server Native Client version 10.5) contains several improvements:

• You can now perform a silent installation of SQL Server Native Client. See Installing SQL Server Native Client for more information.

• bcp.exe now lets you explicitly specify the database name with the -d option. See bcp Utility for more information.