You need the 32-bit driver installed when:
- you use BIDS for development and debugging
- you want to run a package by calling the 32-bit version of dtexec.exe directly
You need the 64-bit driver installed when:
- you need to create a Linked Server in a 64-bit version of SQL Server
- you want to run a package using the 64-bit version of dtexec.exe (the default for SQL Agent job steps using the SSIS step type)
The different ODBC managers can be found here on your 64-bit server:
- The 32-bit version of the Odbcad32.exe file is located in the %systemdrive%\Windows\SysWoW64 folder.
- The 64-bit version of the Odbcad32.exe file is located in the %systemdrive%\Windows\System32 folder.
There may be some crossover when viewing User DSNs: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942976
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