Issue:

Using SQL 2012 with the ESOPT Tool.

Basis:

ESOPT 6.2.12 is not officially certified to use with MS SQL 2012.

Determination:

Caution: MS SQL 2012 has not been tested.

MS SQL 2012 can be used by making a modification to the esopt.ini file.

The first section, AppSettings defines the type of SQL database

[AppSettings]

DBType=SQLExpress

 

The second section contains the version of SQL.

Provider=SQLNCLI1X defines the version of SQL Native Client

SQLNCLI0 is SQL 2008

SQLNCLI1 is SQL 2012 

[SQLExpress]

Provider=SQLNCLI10

DBName=ESOPT

DBPath=C:\Program Files\ESOPT\Data

SQLServerName=.\SQLExpress

DBDescription=ESOPT Local Database

UserPath=DEFAULT

ImportExportPath=DEFAULT

ConnectionTimeout = 30

CommandTimeout = 3000