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Does anyone know if it has a &nbsp;better performance?
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Does anyone know if it has a  better performance?

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I am trying to determine which drivers to use for my Crystal Connections and which driver would be faster. &nbsp;The SQL Native Client driver which is newer or the SQL Driver?
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I am trying to determine which drivers to use for my Crystal Connections and which driver would be faster.  The SQL Native Client driver which is newer or the SQL Driver?

SQL Native Client vs SQL Server Driver (Faster?)

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Windows Server 2003

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.