Package · NuGet
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
NuGet · v7.1.1 · MIT
The current data provider for SQL Server and Azure SQL databases. This has replaced System.Data.SqlClient. These classes provide access to SQL and encapsulate database-specific protocols, including tabular data stream (TDS). Commonly Used Types: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlTransaction Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameterCollection Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientFactory When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.
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Install
dotnet add package Microsoft.Data.SqlClientAdoption
- All-time downloads
- 1.7B
- Observeddownloads, all time
- Popularity
- Top 1% on NuGet
- Derived99th percentile within NuGet
- Dependents
- Not published by NuGet
- Not published
- Maintenance
- 0.89
- DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
- Releases per year
- 10
- 71 versions over its life
Growth by period
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- 7 days
- Collectinghistory
- Collecting
- 30 days
- Collectinghistory
- Collecting
- 90 days
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- 1 year
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Adoption history
Adoption historydownloads, all time
Observations in this range began OCT 5, 2026. The chart appears after 7 observations; 2 so far. Collecting history.
Table of observations (2)
| Day | downloads, all time |
|---|---|
| OCT 24, 2026 | 1,692,616,371 |
| OCT 5, 2026 | 1,624,121,266 |
Facts from the registry
- Latest version
- v7.1.1
- 71 versions
- First published
- AUG 27, 2019
- Last release
- SEP 29, 2026
- 24d ago
- Licence
- MIT
Repository
Not in the Crest catalog
dotnet/sqlclient (GitHub, opens in a new tab)
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Dependencies latest version · v7.1.1
Runtime 21
- Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography
8.0.0 - Microsoft.Bcl.TimeProvider
8.0.1 - Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Abstractions
[7.1.1, 8.0.0) - Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Internal.Logging
[7.1.1, 8.0.0) - Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI
[7.1.0, 8.0.0) - Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.runtime
[7.1.0, 8.0.0) - Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory
8.0.1 - Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens
8.16.0 - Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect
8.16.0 - Microsoft.SqlServer.Server
[1.0.0, 2.0.0) - System.Buffers
4.6.1 - System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
8.0.1 - System.Data.Common
4.3.0 - System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource
10.0.3 - System.Memory
4.6.3 - System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation
4.3.0 - System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs
8.0.1 - System.Text.Json
10.0.3 - System.Threading.Channels
10.0.3 - System.Threading.RateLimiting
8.0.0 - System.ValueTuple
4.6.2
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