OLE DB How-to Topics (Native Client OLE DB provider)
Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)
To use the SQL Server Native Client OLE DB provider, you have to understand how to make a connection to the server, execute the command, and process the results.
In This Section
Fetch Columns Using IRow::GetColumns (or IRow::Open) and ISequentialStream
Send BLOB Data to SQL SERVER Using IROWSETFASTLOAD and ISEQUENTIALSTREAM (OLE DB)
Display Column and Catalog Metadata for Sparse Columns (OLE DB)