SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 2 Upgrades MDAC To Version 2.1

ID: Q224311

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SNA Server, version 4.0SP2

SUMMARY

Service Pack 2 for Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0 includes an upgrade for MDAC components. MDAC is automatically upgraded from version 1.5 to version 2.1.

MORE INFORMATION

Both Microsoft SNA Server and COMTI have been tested with MDAC 2.1. These products are not supported with earlier versions of MDAC.

REFERENCES

It is possible to maintain binary compatibility in ADO components created with MDAC version 1.5 and 2.1. The following Knowledge Base articles discuss these issues:

Q195049 Maintain Binary Compatibility in Components Exposing ADO

Q201580 ADO 2.0 and ADO 2.1 Binary Compatibliity

Q201576 ADO 2.1 Ships With An ADO 2.0 Type Library

Non-fatal messages are returned to the client with ADO 2.0 and higher that were not returned with earlier versions of ADO. These messages are discussed in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q197459 PRB: ADO 2.0 Returns Connection Messages to Browser

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbinterop kbActiveX kbADO
Version : WINDOWS:4.0SP2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo