Reputation: 491
I'm wondering if there is a direct way of connecting to SQL Server. In other words, How ADO.NET is connecting to SQL Server?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 1784
Reputation: 294187
For academic exercise kind of work the TDS protocol is described at Tabular Data Stream Protocol Specification and there is a free implementation at FreeTDS. Do you have any real motive to re-invent the wheel?
Upvotes: 6