| title | OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Programming | |||||||
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| description | Learn about programming applications using the OLE DB Driver for SQL Server, which implements the OLE DB API to enable applications to connect to the database. | |||||||
| author | David-Engel | |||||||
| ms.author | davidengel | |||||||
| ms.date | 06/12/2018 | |||||||
| ms.service | sql | |||||||
| ms.subservice | connectivity | |||||||
| ms.topic | reference | |||||||
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics PDW FabricSQLDB]
[!INCLUDEDriver_OLEDB_Download]
The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a low-level COM API that is used for accessing data. The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is recommended for developing tools, utilities, or low-level components that need high performance. The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a native, high performance provider that accesses the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Tabular Data Stream (TDS) protocol directly.
OLE DB Driver for SQL Server provides OLE DB support to applications connecting to [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is an OLE DB version 2.0-compliant provider.