New MDAC drivers available for developers

Thanks to Thomas Scheidegger for the tip: Microsoft has released an updateto its Data Access Components (MDAC), called MDAC 2.1 that is now availablefrom their Web site. MDAC 2.1 is also available with SQL Server 7.0 and SQLServer 6.5 Service Pack 5: It updates the Jet database engine and the OLEDB and ODBC providers for Jet.

While it's likely that Web, software, and database developers needing thisrelease will have received it from the previously mentioned sources, it isnow possible to download it from the Microsoft Web site as well. Please besure to read the Availability Notice first, however.

If you do want to download MDAC 2.1, you can find the download page on theMicrosoft Web site as well