VicB wrote:
but when i try to connect it with sql server 2016, i don't see the database drivers there. it shows them like this:
SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2008R2/2012/Express Driver (SqlClient).
yes, because you use a release that's released before 2016 was RTM so it doesn't contain the name of a future sqlserver db included But there's fallback code in place which will make sure you can connect to any future sql server version (unless they change the metadata tables etc.) it just doesn't use sql server 2016 specific features Just 2014 features and lower.