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| To | Do This |
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| Access information quickly | Use ODBC (but write your code in C). |
| Access information from COM-compliant languages, such as VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) | Use OLE DB. |
| Create .NET applications that are data ready | Use ADO.NET components from your preferred .NET language. |
| Use all of the SQL Server 2005 capabilities | Use SQL Native Client. |
| Perform multiple operations against the same connection | Use MARS options. |
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