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==Understanding the Progress native client ==

The Progress native client is a Progress Software product that provides access to Progress databases via the Progress proprietary communications protocol.

The SQL-89 version of this product is called **Progress® Client Networking,** and may be used for connections to Progress 9.1 and earlier.

The SQL-92 version of this product is called **Progress® SQL-92 Client Access,** and may be used for connections to Progress 9.1 and later, including <nop>OpenEdge 10.x.

The Progress® Client Networking or Progress® SQL-92 Client Access version should match the target Progress server version as closely as possible.  Major-version is the minimum requirement; dot-version is better; letter-version is better still.