Entity Framework Provider Updates

Published 05 June 08 12:31 PM | dpblogs 

Greetings from TechEd!

 

We've updated the ADO.NET Entity Framework Sample Provider for .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta and posted it at the MSDN Code Gallery site.  You can download the sample provider here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/EFSampleProvider

 

Yesterday we held a chalk talk session with many of our provider writer partners.  The theater was so full with attendees that we ran out of seats.  Representatives from DataDirect, IBM, Oracle and Sybase were in attendance.  Over the course of the chalk talk, we addressed a number of general questions before attendees spoke directly with the representatives from the various provider writers.  DataDirect announced that they will release an update to their Oracle ADO.NET provider to support the Entity Framework in Q3 of 2008.  Both IBM and Sybase demonstrated their provider's accessing their data stores via the Entity Framework.

 

Reggie Burnett, the lead developer for the MySQL ADO.NET provider, was unable to attend but asked me pass along the following information:

"In the next few days we will be making available a pre-release of version 5.3 with preliminary support for the entity framework as it is found in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta.  We are firmly committed to supporting this technology and are actively working on it."

 

David Sceppa

ADO.NET Program Manager

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# lynn said on June 5, 2008 11:31 PM:

Thanks for passing along the note from Reggie!

# Core Lab said on June 6, 2008 6:55 AM:

Core Lab released the new versions of its data providers for Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL servers with .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta and Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta support.

New products line is available for download since 30 May, 2008.

For more details please visit:

http://crlab.com/news/2008/directs470.html

# Marcos said on June 6, 2008 3:43 PM:

Hi, is there any notice that Firebird's Provider have been implemented  to an entity framework?

# bkchung's WebLog said on June 7, 2008 1:24 AM:

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# Chris Love's Official Blog - Professional ASP.NET said on June 9, 2008 6:09 PM:

After a few weeks on the road and I mean more like a month, I thought it was time to drop some link resources.

# Bernard said on June 12, 2008 10:57 AM:

Any news on getting this to work with Informix?

# dpblogs said on June 20, 2008 3:37 PM:

Hi Benard,

IBM is currently working on a provider for Informix as well as DB2.

Thank you,

Elisa

# joggs said on October 8, 2008 8:45 AM:

I'd like to use mysql but I don't want to pay for a provider ofcourse. Is there alternatives?

# aL_ said on October 21, 2008 4:41 PM:

too bad reggie is full of sh*t :) still no EF provider some 4 monsth later.. a few days indeed.

mysql claimed they woudl support the BETA and its been what? one year sice RTM? im so utterly disapointed in mysql that i cant belive it.

anyone reading this STAY AWAY from Mysql. they dont give a Damn about their customers

# skid said on January 23, 2009 10:24 AM:

"In the next few days we will be making available a pre-release of version 5.3"

I dont know what reggie understand for "few days"... but its been 7 months now, and no news about mysql ef support.

# Gokulan V said on February 9, 2009 2:42 AM:

Is there  any update/new release on the Entity Framework provide for with Oracle?

# Chris Patterson said on April 8, 2009 9:20 AM:

I posted an example of using MySQL and Entity Framework here: http://pattersonc.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/01/using-mysql-with-linq-to-entities-and-aspnet-mvc-part-i/

# Steve J. Laye said on July 18, 2009 7:59 AM:

Its good. Symtex are an expert database consultancy and development provider. We live, breath and eat Microsoft SQL Server and .Net programming day and night; really we love it and it's that passion which keeps us at the top.

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