Something else to think about...

The MSSQL team has announced they are dropping support for OLEDB. It's unknown what that means specifically. It could be that there will be no new OLEDB providers for SQL Server. It could also mean that all OLEDB functionality, including linked servers is being dropped.


>What are the pros and cons of 32 bit and 64 bit SQL Server 2012?
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>And here's another wrinkle and question:
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>How well does the VFP9 OLE DB driver, of course 32 bit, work in general as a linked server?
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>And can you use VFP as a linked server in the SQL Server 64 bit?