[AccessD] Jet OLEDB provider - deprecated?

Hi Jim

Nope. Jet 4.0 is included in MDAC 2.6.
Don't know about the "JRO components" though.

/gustav


> I thought they removed Jet from MDAC but made it a separate download.

> HTH,

> Jim DeMarco


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike and Doris Manning [mailto:mikedorism at ntelos.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:20 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Jet OLEDB provider - deprecated?


> Each MDAC install contains update/upgrade information which is added to the
> previous version.  You may have MDAC 2.6 checked but the system is really
> using JET 4.0 from MDAC 2.5

> Doris Manning
> Database Administrator
> Hargrove Inc.
> www.hargroveinc.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brett Barabash
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:02 AM
> To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
> Subject: [AccessD] Jet OLEDB provider - deprecated?


> While trying to solve an ADO-related problem, I ran across the following
> page on MSDN:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ado270/htm/
> ado_deprecated.asp

> in which it says:

> Jet and Replication Objects (JRO)
> The Microsoft Jet OLE DB Provider and other related components were removed
> from MDAC 2.6. Microsoft has deprecated the Microsoft Jet Engine, and plans
> no new releases or service packs for this component. As a result, the Jet
> and Replication Objects (JRO) is being deprecated in this release and will
> not be available in any future MDAC releases.

> Huh?  AFAIK, our machines have MDAC 2.6 installed, and I use Jet 4.0 as an
> OLEDB provider without any issues. Am I in for a nasty surprise?  I can
> understand the "no new releases or service packs", but what about the
> "removed from MDAC 2.6" part?


> Brett Barabash, MCP 
> Tappe Construction, Co. 
> Eagan, MN 
> bbarabash at tappeconstruction.com 
> (651) 256-6831 
> "One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a
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