Tabular Data Stream

Question

What is tabular data stream(TDS) ?

Arjun Panwar · Answer

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Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Arjun Tabular Data Stream (TDS) is an application-level protocol specific to SQL Server that is sent from the clients to the server. TDS packets are created by the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server the SQL Server ODBC driver or the DB-Library DLL. The TDS packets are passed to a SQL Server client Net-Library and encapsulated into network protocol packets. The network protocol packets are received by a server Net-Library at the server end where the TDS packet are extracted and passed to Open Data Services. This process is reversed when results are returned and received at the client's end. Refer the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabular_Data_Stream Thanks