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Hi all, <br />
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I've been experimenting with the OPENSROWSET function. &nbsp;What I'd like is more info on the 'provider_name' argument - in books on line it says a 'character string that represents the friendly name of the OLE DB provider as specified in the registry', but I don't know what the 'friendly names' of the OLE DB providers are. &nbsp;Is there anywhere I can get a list?<br />
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Hope someone can help, Thanks.<br />

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Hi all, 

I've been experimenting with the OPENSROWSET function.  What I'd like is more info on the 'provider_name' argument - in books on line it says a 'character string that represents the friendly name of the OLE DB provider as specified in the registry', but I don't know what the 'friendly names' of the OLE DB providers are.  Is there anywhere I can get a list?

Hope someone can help, Thanks.


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