New ASE OLE DB Provider by Sybase

This release of SDK 12.5.1 introduces a new OLE DB Provider for Sybase ASE named “Adaptive Server Enterprise OLE DB Provider by Sybase”. OLE DB is a data access model from Microsoft. It uses the Component Object Model (COM) interface and, unlike ODBC, does not assume that the data source uses a SQL query processor.

Supported platforms

The ASE OLE DB Provider is designed to work with OLE DB 2.5 and later. Supported platforms include Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and 2003.

Supported ASE features

The Adaptive Server Enterprise OLE DB Provider supports the following ASE specific features:

SSL
Directory services (LDAP)
Password encryption

Preparing for migration

This ASE OLE DB Provider, developed by Sybase, will replace the existing OLE DB Provider in a future release. Currently, both of these providers are shipped and can co-exist on the same machine. You are encouraged to begin migrating and testing your applications with the new provider to identify any compatibility issues. The existing OLE DB Provider (provider short name "Sybase.ASEOLEDBProvider") is installed in %SYBASE%\OLEDB directory and currently at version 2.70. The new ASE OLE DB Provider (provider short name "ASEOLEDB") is installed in %SYBASE%\DataAccess\OLEDB directory and at version 12.5.1.384 or later.

For additional information, see the User’s Guide for Adaptive Server Enterprise OLE DB Provider by Sybase.