INF: Explanation of the Two Available MS Access Drivers

ID: Q124815

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Open Database Connectivity, version 2.0

SUMMARY

This article discusses the difference between the ODBC Access driver that ships with Microsoft Office Professional/Microsoft Access version 2.0 and the Access driver that ships with the ODBC Desktop Database Drivers version 2.0/ODBC Software Development Kit (SDK) version 2.10.

MORE INFORMATION

The ODBC Access driver, included in Microsoft Office Professional version 4.3 and Microsoft Access version 2.0, is intended to be used only from within Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel to get to Microsoft Access 2.0 databases. The use of this driver from any other application is not supported. This driver cannot be redistributed with any other application.

To get the general purpose ODBC Access driver for Microsoft Access 2.0 databases, you need to have ODBC Desktop Database Drivers version 2.0.

The Microsoft Windows Driver Library (WDL) is available on online services. For more information about the WDL, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

   ARTICLE-ID: Q135314
   TITLE     : Windows 95 Driver Library

   ARTICLE-ID: Q82006
   TITLE     : Windows Driver Library Information

In addition, the text of ODBCDD20.DOC is also available in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q125235
   TITLE     : INF: ODBC Driver Pack 2.0 Fulfillment Kit Q&A

Additional reference words: 2.00 odbc ref obtain KBCategory: kbref KBSubcategory:

Last Reviewed: September 9, 1996