SQL Server Native Client (OLE DB) Interfaces

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)

Important

The SQL Server Native Client (often abbreviated SNAC) has been removed from SQL Server 2022 (16.x) and SQL Server Management Studio 19 (SSMS). Both the SQL Server Native Client OLE DB provider (SQLNCLI or SQLNCLI11) and the legacy Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (SQLOLEDB) are not recommended for new development. Switch to the new Microsoft OLE DB Driver (MSOLEDBSQL) for SQL Server going forward.

The SQL Server Native Client OLE DB provider exposes interfaces to consumers wanting access to data on one or more computers running SQL Server. The SQL Server Native Client OLE DB provider is an OLE DB version 2.0-compliant provider.

This SQL Server 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 SQL Server Native Client OLE DB provider.

For a full description of the core OLE DB interfaces and methods, see the OLE DB Programmer's Reference.

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