No, I dont have none of those you mentioned.

can i connect with native client?

My question is still not answered, can you please help me on this??

I want to access my servers and i have valid id.

What do i download on my laptop?

how i...

I dont have any management studio or any sql native client install on my laptop.

please tell the procedure. as im new. i will be thankful if u can tell me...

hi,

thanks for the reply.

I have port number, server adress all the details. the servers are in canada as i said. now i want to connect to the sql server there...

Hi all,

Any views/opinions on this please

Thanks,

Thanks for the replies..

so does it mean all SQL Server clients are free 7.0,2000,2005 or 2008.....and are they backward compatible? I mean to say I can use 7.0 with...