[AccessD] Access 2010 Native client mystery solved

I just attempted to create a new DSN directly in Access 2010 on my new test VM and guess what?  No 
"Native Client" driver selectable for Access 2010 on that machine.  Yesterday I was reading that the 
native driver client is installed when you install SQL Server, thus it appears (if I am reading this 
right) that you can only use the native client driver if you have intentionally installed the driver 
on a given workstation.

How silly would that be?  One would think it would be part of the Access installation package.

Anyway, AFAICT it is not safe to use native client in Access if you plan to distribute the FE to 
workstations (most cases?).

I for one am defaulting to the "SQL Server" driver from here on out.

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John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

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