The Advantage .NET Data Provider is a managed provider that gives native data access to the Advantage Database Server and Advantage Local Server via a set of classes accessible from all .NET development languages including Microsoft VB.NET, Microsoft, C#, and Borland C# Builder.
Features
| • | Provides native client/server access to the high performance Advantage Database Server RDBMS |
| • | Provides fast, native access to the Advantage Local Server for royalty-free distribution in local and peer-to-peer environments |
| • | Supports SQL commands via Advantage SQL engine with both the Advantage Database Server and Advantage Local Server |
| • | Supports the ADO.NET Entity Framework allowing the use of LINQ to Entities, Entity SQL, and the Entity Data Model. |
| • | Requires no other database engines (MSDE, BDE, ODBC, etc.) |
| • | Does not require the Microsoft OLE DB .NET Data Provider or the Advantage OLE DB Provider. |
| • | Includes full server-based transaction processing to eliminate database corruption, drastically minimizing support costs |
| • | Provides complete referential integrity support including primary/foreign key definition and cascaded updates and deletes |
| • | Includes database security functionality and encryption support |
| • | Designed especially for use with Visual Basic .NET, C#, C# Builder |
| • | Works seamlessly with .NET data-aware components for rapid application development |
