INFO: ODBC Drivers That Are Compatible with MTS

ID: Q197815

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Transaction Server, versions 1.0, 2.0

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 about the new IBM DB2 driver, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q197208 INFO: 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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For more information, visit the Web sites at:

http://www.microsoft.com/com/

http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/Basics/AppServices/default.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/support/

Additional query words: open database connectivity

Keywords :
Version : WINNT:1.0,2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo