Microsoft KB Archive/828396

= Release manifest for MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3) =

Article ID: 828396

Article Last Modified on 3/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8

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This release manifest applies to the Internet release of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8, referred to as MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3).

For information about installing, uninstalling, upgrading, and downgrading MDAC releases see the following MDAC Q&A Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810805.aspx

For information about downloading MDAC releases, see the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937712.aspx

Release version number
MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3), August 2003

Release function
This release provides the same version of MDAC that was released with Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Release ship Vehicle
Data Access Technologies

http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/

Localization information
MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3) is available in the following languages:

U.S. English

Chinese (Traditional and Simplified)

German

Japanese

Korean

Brazilian Portuguese

Czech

Danish

Greek

Spanish

Finnish

French

Hungarian

Italian

Dutch

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Swedish

Turkish

Hebrew

Arabic

Minimum supported configuration

 * Microsoft Windows 98 with the Y2K Update 2 and Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4 Service Pack 5 or later, and Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 or later
 * Microsoft Windows 2000
 * Microsoft Windows XP

Note No installation support for this stand-alone release is offered for the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system because this same version of MDAC is included with Windows Server 2003.

New features
MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3) is not a new feature release.

Frequently asked questions about MDAC 2.8
Where can I find specific Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles for MDAC 2.8?

You can search the Microsoft Knowledge Base by using the keyword &quot;kbmdac280&quot;.

Note Only search the Knowledge Base for specific technical information, not for bug-related issues. For bug-related issues, there are many articles that describe either fixed bugs or known bugs in this version of the product.

Where can I find more information about MDAC setup, including dependencies, supported operating systems, and rollback?

For more information about these topics, see the following MDAC 2.6 Setup FAQ Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810805.aspx

Note This article was written for MDAC 2.6, but the information also applies to MDAC 2.8.

''My application must have Microsoft Jet, but Jet is no longer included in MDAC. Where can I find Jet?''

The Microsoft Jet components were removed from MDAC 2.6 and are not included with MDAC 2.8.

''My application must have the Microsoft Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver, but it is no longer included in MDAC. Where can I find the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver?''

The Visual FoxPro ODBC driver is included with Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Office 2000, and MDAC 2.5. It is not included with MDAC 2.8.

MDAC
 Security Enhancements A number of security enhancements were made in MDAC 2.8. Some of these enhancements caused small behavior changes. Microsoft recommends that you fully test this version of MDAC with your application in a test environment before you apply it to a production environment. For additional information about the most significant changes in MDAC 2.8, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

820761 List of significant fixes that are included in MDAC 2.8

Note After you apply MDAC 2.8, you may receive the following error message:

Argument passed to the Data Shaping Service was invalid

This occurs because a new restriction is imposed on the length of the Shape query string in MDAC 2.8. Microsoft has released a fix for this: For additional information about this fix, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

838405 FIX: &quot;Argument passed to data shaping service was invalid&quot; error after you apply MDAC 2.8

 SQL Server 7.0 Clustered Servers Do not install Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 or later on any SQL Server 7.0 clustered nodes. If you install MDAC 2.6 or later on any node in the cluster, (directly or through the installation of another program), it may cause a failure of the SQL Server Agent or other SQL Server services. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

820754 MDAC 2.6 or later should not be installed on SQL Server 7.0 clusters



Setup
 Windows Rollback On a computer that is running Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition, if you try to roll your MDAC installation back to an earlier version, your computer is left in a mixed state where your files are not all from the same version of MDAC. This behavior occurs because of a problem with the setup technology that is included with Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

311720 MDAC rollback may fail on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition

 2.8 MDAC_TYP.exe and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 If you try to run the 2.8 MDAC_TYP.exe file on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, installation of the MDAC components appears to complete successfully. However, no files are updated on your system. This behavior occurs because by default, Windows Server 2003 includes the MDAC 2.8 components.

Significant fixes for MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3)
For additional information about the significant fixes that are included in the MDAC 2.8, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

820761 List of significant fixes that are included in MDAC 2.8

File List for MDAC 2.8 (2.80.1022.3)
Additional query words: mdac datashape shaping commerce server

Keywords: kbinfo KB828396

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