INFO: Explanation of the Two Available MS Access Drivers (124815)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Open Database Connectivity 2.0
This article was previously published under Q124815
2.00
WINDOWS
kbref

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 article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

135314 Windows 95 Driver Library

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/12/2001
Keywords:kbinfo KB124815
©2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.