>>>- sqlclient is for SQL server and is faster than OLEDB
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>>It is faster in .NET, but is it faster than using OLEDB in a Win32 COM app?
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>Probably not because you would have to go through COM/Interop to make use of SqlClient in COM.

Yes, I understand that. I guess I wasn't clear with my question.

Given two scenarios:

1) A pure .NET app using the sqlclient.
2) A pure COM app using OLEDB and ADO. If it matters, lets say its written in VB 6.0.

Which data access method is faster? I don't care about the manipulation of the data after its returned.