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AndrewMurphy
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2916 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-22 : 06:17:07
What's the difference (performance and technical) between using the following two connection strings.

strconnect = "DRIVER={SQL Server}; SERVER=myserver; DATABASE=mydb; wsid=mylanlogon; Provider=MSDASQL"

strconnect = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1; SERVER=myserver; DATABASE=mydb; wsid=mylanlogon"


Using the latter I don't get mylanlogon appearing in the "host" column...of the Active Process Info...i get the network address.
Using the former...mylanlogon appears ok.....but before changing over I want to know the implications.

JasonGoff
Posting Yak Master

158 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-22 : 06:44:23
The first one uses ODBC (DSN-less) connection. The second uses OLEDB drivers.

Check out http://www.able-consulting.com/ADO_Conn.htm for the difference between the 2 (and other methods).
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