Connect from SSIS 2008R2 to SQL Server 2012

  • Is it possible to connect from a SSIS 2008R2 package to a SQL Server 2012 database? The SSIS 2008 R2 packages resides on a separate ETL server (SQL Server 2008R2). Do we have to install a SQL Server 2012 provider at the etl server?

  • It is no problem 🙂 You do not have to install any new drivers or providers to connect to SQL Server 2012. You can use the SQL Server Native client 10.0 and you are able to connect and retrieve data and insert it into a SQL Server 2008R2 database.

  • tommy.tooten (9/12/2013)


    It is no problem 🙂 You do not have to install any new drivers or providers to connect to SQL Server 2012. You can use the SQL Server Native client 10.0 and you are able to connect and retrieve data and insert it into a SQL Server 2008R2 database.

    +1

    You should have no issues at all.

    I just did the same thing today and I even forgot I was using a SQL Server 2012 database.

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  • tommy.tooten (9/12/2013)


    It is no problem 🙂 You do not have to install any new drivers or providers to connect to SQL Server 2012. You can use the SQL Server Native client 10.0 and you are able to connect and retrieve data and insert it into a SQL Server 2008R2 database.

    Does SQL Server Native Client 11.0 (2012) offer better performance or other improvements compared to 10.0?

  • You can find all the improvements over here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131456.aspx

    I assume the performance is not significantly improved with the new provider. You would have more improvements in the SQL Server engine I think.

    As far as I read, you will also be able to connect to SQL Server 2014 with the 10.0 provider.

  • tommy.tooten (9/12/2013)


    You can find all the improvements over here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131456.aspx%5B/quote%5D

    Thank you.

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