ODBC drivers that are compatible with MTS (197815)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Transaction Server 1.0
  • Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0
This article was previously published under Q197815

SUMMARY

The Help file that is included with Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) lists features that an ODBC driver should be able to support to ensure compatibility with MTS. However, specific ODBC drivers that should work with MTS are not listed. This article identifies which specific ODBC drivers are compatible with MTS.

MORE INFORMATION

ODBC drivers compatible with Microsoft Transaction Server

The following ODBC drivers are known to be compatible with MTS:
  • The latest Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver
  • The latest Microsoft Oracle ODBC Driver
  • The new IBM DB2 ODBC Driver

    For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    197208 IBM DB2 Driver available for use with MTS

ODBC drivers incompatible with Microsoft Transaction Server

The latest version of the Informix software development kit (SDK) includes the following two ODBC drivers:
  • Intersolv 3.10 ODBC Driver The Intersolv 3.10 driver is ODBC level 3 compliant, but it is not compatible with Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS).
  • Informix 2.8 CLI Driver The Informix CLI driver is ODBC level 2.5 compliant, but it also does not support MTS.

REFERENCES

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/14/2005
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