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What is difference in adodb and oledb?

June 2, 2023 by Tarik

Adodb (ActiveX Data Objects DB) is an API layer over OLE DB. It works well with MS-based databases such as Sql Server, providing a consistent API and optimizations. That being said you can use ADODB to connect with non-MS data sources as well but that would mean that you will require an OLEDB/ODBC Provider for … Read more

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Difference between Initial Catalog and Database keyword in connection string

January 10, 2023 by Tarik

The only difference is the name. These can be used interchangeably. See the documentation of SqlConnectionStringBuilder.InitialCatalog, under remarks: This property corresponds to the “Initial Catalog” and “database” keys within the connection string. (emphasis mine)

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