September 10, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Unless I have been misinformed, it is my understanding that Microsoft has dropped db-library from SQL Server 2012. Can anyone confirm or refute this?
And if it has indeed been dropped does anyone know of a way to get programs that use DB-Library to run under SQL Server 2012?
Thanks
JDR
September 11, 2012 at 3:10 am
Looks like it will still work, but it is deprecated and you have to use a dll from a previous version:
[h1]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143729.aspx[/h1]
Although the Database Engine still supports connections from existing applications that use the DB-Library and Embedded SQL APIs, it does not include the files or documentation required to do programming work on applications that use these APIs. A future version of the SQL Server Database Engine will drop support for connections from DB-Library or Embedded SQL applications. Do not use DB-Library or Embedded SQL to develop new applications. Remove any dependencies on either DB-Library or Embedded SQL when you are modifying existing applications. Instead of these APIs, use the SQLClient namespace or an API such as ODBC. SQL Server 2012 does not include the DB-Library DLL required to run these applications. To run DB-Library or Embedded SQL applications, you must have available the DB-Library DLL from SQL Server version 6.5, SQL Server 7.0, or SQL Server 2000.
September 11, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Thank you so very much for that information.. That is great news.
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