Monday, June 21, 2021

Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server

OLE DB Driver 18.6 for SQL Server is released, bringing support for Idle Connection Resiliency to the driver along with a number of fixes. The driver can be downloaded directly from Microsoft.

 

Changes:

Fixed:

Issue Details
Fixed an issue with endianness of port numbers in data access trace logs Fixed a bug, which resulted in port numbers logged having incorrect endianness while doing Data Access Tracing.
Fixed an accessibility issue Fixed an accessibility issue in the user interface of Universal Data Link (UDL). This accessibility issue resulted in the Browse button not being announced by screen reader software.
Fixed crash in scenarios involving Multiple Active Result Sets Fixed a bug, which could result in the driver crashing in some scenarios involving Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS).
 
The updated driver can be downloaded directly from Microsoft.

David Engel
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