With respect to usage, there is no difference between OLEDB
Provider and SqlClient. The difference lies in their performance. SqlClient is
explicitly used to connect your application to SQL server directly, OLEDB
Provider is generic for various databases, such as Oracle and Access including
SQL Server.
Therefore, there will be an overhead which leads to
performance degradation.
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With respect to usage, there is no difference between OLEDB Provider and SqlClient. The difference lies in their performance. SqlClient is explicitly used to connect your application to SQL server directly, OLEDB Provider is generic for various databases, such as Oracle and Access including SQL Server.
Therefore, there will be an overhead which leads to performance degradation.