# SQL Express 2005 database connection ideas?

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**Created:** [September 4, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-express-2005-database-connection-ideas/78728 "2023-09-04T16:27:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-express-2005-database-connection-ideas/78728/15 "2023-09-06T10:39:22Z")

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I use jTDS for older versions

> **[jTDS - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver](https://sourceforge.net/projects/jtds/)**
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> Download jTDS - SQL Server and Sybase JDBC driver for free. Open source JDBC 3.0 type 4 driver for Microsoft SQL Server (6.5 up to 2012) and Sybase ASE. jTDS is a complete implementation of the JDBC 3.0 spec and the fastest JDBC driver for MS SQL...

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