The 'SQLNCLI' provider is not registered on the local machine

Question

I have a NAnt-based script which that I run on my local PC that connects to SQL Server 2008 Express also running on my local PC to drop and recreate databases using .sql fil

Answer 1

The correct provider for SQL Server 2008 is SQLNCLI10.1.
For SQL Server 2012, that would be SQLNCLI11. ^_(source)

Sadly, the migration to 2008 did not pick up the change...