DataDirect Connect for .NET. (Database and Network News & Products).DataDirect Connect for .NET, edition 2.0, includes newly updated data connectivity components that enable software developers to access enterprise data using .NET. This additional support for DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. to that already existing for Oracle and Sybase enables DataDirect Connect for .NET to offer interoperability and data access across all major databases. A number of new features and performance improvements are added for both Oracle and Sybase data providers, and DataDirect Connect for Net Developer's License, a new developer's license option, is now available. Comment: The architecture of DataDirect Connect for .NET enables direct communication with a database, with no database client library required. "Bridged" providers require a multi-tier approach, communicating first with an OLE DB (OLE DataBase) A programming interface for data access from Microsoft. It is a COM object that functions in a similar manner to ODBC, but for every type of data source, not just SQL databases. or ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. bridge that connects with a driver, then with the database client library, and finally the database itself. Other solutions require a two-tier approach, communicating with the database client library before accessing the database. New Developer's License DataDirect Connect for .NET Developer's License is a complete set of data providers for all the major relational databases relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. (DB2, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Sybase) that allows 100% managed data access. The DataDirect Connect for .NET Developer's License provides the same technology as that of the run-time products, in a package designed for use by developers only. The DataDirect Connect for .NET Developer's License requires Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET. or one of its components, such as VB.NET (Visual Basic .NET) An object-oriented programming language from Microsoft. It is the .NET version of the Visual Basic (VB) programming language. Like all .NET languages, VB.NET uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) for program execution. VB. , VC#.NET, or VC++.NET, be installed on the same machine. www.datadirect.com |
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