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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   tom12010 (tlyczko@gmail.com) writes:   
   > We have several different SQL Server versions in our datacenter, with   
   > SQL Native Client 9.00.1399.06 on our Citrix servers.   
   >   
   > The above SQL Native Client goes with our Great Plains app client,   
   > it's possible we will have a new, higher-level SQL Native Client   
   > installed by another application client...   
   >   
   > Can different Native Clients exist on the same server,   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > can newer Native Clients accommodate older SQL Server versions and   
   > applications???   
      
   Yes. With the one restriction that if you want to connect to   
   SQL 6.5, SQLOLEDB is your only option.   
      
   Note also that to use the new version of SQL Server Native Client, you need   
   to change your connection string.   
      
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
   SQL 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx   
      
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