A.3 The ODBC .NET Provider

The ODBC .NET provider is a set of managed classes (see Table A-6) that provides access to a database through any ODBC driver installed on your computer. To find the ODBC .NET driver, navigate to http://msdn.microsoft.com and search for ODBC .NET. If you have Version 1.1 of the .NET Framework SDK, ODBC .NET is included.

Table A-6. ODBC .NET provider classes

Interface

Implementing class

 IDbConnection 
 OdbcConnection 
 IDbCommand 
 OdbcCommand 

IDataParameter , IDbDataParameter

 OdbcParameter 

IDataReader , IDataRecord

 OdbcDataReader 

IDataAdapter , IDbDataAdapter

 OdbcDataAdapter 
 IDbTransaction 
 OdbcTransaction 

In .NET 1.1, these types are defined in the SystemData.dll assembly and contained in the System.Data.Odbc namespace. With earlier versions of .NET, you need to install the Microsoft.Data.Odbc.dll assembly (available form the MSDN site as a separate download), reference it, and import the Microsoft.Data.Odbc namespace.



ADO. NET in a Nutshell
ADO.NET in a Nutshell
ISBN: 0596003617
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 415

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