Connecting to an SQL Server instance using SQL Server Native Client 10.0 ODBC

Connection string

This SQL Server Native Client 10.0 ODBC Driver connection string can be used for connections to SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0.

The syntax of specifying the server instance in the value of the server key is the same for all connection strings for SQL Server.

Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=myServerName\theInstanceName;
Database
=myDataBase;
Trusted_Connection=yes;