As the title states really, I need to know if a 32bit application can access a 64bit sql server database?
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As the title states really, I need to know if a 32bit application can access a 64bit sql server database?
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An application won’t care if the target database server is 32 or 64 bit, Windows/Unix, Server/Mainframe, local or in the cloud. All it knows is the connection string it sends to a driver on the local OS.
To be clear, the local OS and driver don’t care about 32 or 64 bit on the target system