Is the OLEDB provider managed or unmanaged?

Question

Is the OLEDB provider managed or unmanaged?

Answer 1

OLEDB as the name suggests is implemented and accessed using OLE or COM. It is an unmanaged technology, but you can use it via COM/interop in the usual fashion.

Answer 2

As far as I am aware, the answer is both.

The ADO.NET part is managed (System.Data.OleDb), but the underlying OLEDB driver will be native.