UniDirect NET Data Provider description
UniDirect .NET Data Provider will offer universal access to data of different databases for the Microsoft .NET Framework.

UniDirect .NET Data Provider will offer universal access to data of different databases for the Microsoft .NET Framework. It supports most of major database servers, including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, InterBase, and Firebird. Other servers can be accessed through their ADO.NET, OLE DB and ODBC providers.

UniDirect .NET is based on ADO.NET technology and can be used in the same way as the SQL Server .NET Data Provider. The main feature of UniDirect .NET is an access to multiple database servers at the same code.

With UniDirect .NET it is possible to avoid writing conditional code for different providers or using ADO.NET interfaces directly. UniDirect .NET implements full support of design-time development and integration with IDE, which allows to reduce development time greatly.

UniDirect .NET doesn't implement database specific access layer for all databases, it uses native ADO.NET providers and depends on their functionality. The Professional Edition of UniDirect .NET includes bundled data providers for Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL (see diagram below). For all other servers you need a native data provider.

UniDirect .NET provides functionality for connecting to a database, executing commands, and retrieving results. These results can be processed directly or placed in an ADO.NET DataSet for further processing in disconnected state. While in the DataSet, data can be exposed to the user, combined with other data from multiple sources, or passed remotely between tiers. Any processing performed on the data in the DataSet can then be reconciled with the database.

Here are some key features of "UniDirect NET Data Provider":

· Universal access to data of different databases
· Supports all major databases
· Supports most of the popular ADO.NET providers
· 100% managed code
· High performance
· Bundled data providers for Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL
· UniSQL for writing server-independent queries
· Provider-specific types infrastructure
· Fill DataSet with several CURSOR for Oracle Database
· Asynchronous execution support
· DataSet Wizard to leverage design-time setup
· Generate DataSet Wizard
· Support for Data Access Application Block in Enterprise Library
· ASP.NET data providers: Membership provider, Role provider, Session State provider, Profile provider
· Easy to deploy
· Base-Class-Based provider model
· .NET Compact Framework support
· Advanced connection pooling
· UniScript component to execute scripts
· Ability to retrieve metadata information
· Ability of monitoring query and stored procedures execution
· Advanced design-time editors
· Easy migration from SQL Server, OLE DB, ODBC and Oracle Data Providers with Migration Wizard
· Help integrated into Visual Studio .NET and Borland Delphi


Requirements:

· .NET Framework


Limitations:

· 30 days trial