http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/tags/Informix/default.aspxTags: InformixenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/12/10/IBMs-ADO.NET-Provider-Supports-the-Entity-Framework.aspxThu, 11 Dec 2008 03:57:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9167049dpblogs2http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/comments/9167049.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9167049<DIV class=postcontent><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Time for another update on Entity Framework-enabled ADO.NET providers.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">It is my pleasure to announce that IBM has added Entity Framework support to their ADO.NET provider.&nbsp; The provider supports DB2, Informix and U2 databases.&nbsp; For more information on the specific versions of the IBM data servers supported, see <A class="" title="Provider support for Microsoft Entity Framework" href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.luw.apdv.ms.doc/doc/c0054118.html" mce_href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.luw.apdv.ms.doc/doc/c0054118.html">this page</A> on the IBM web site.</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Congratulations to everyone at IBM who contributed to the release, and a special thanks to Brent Gross and Praveen Ghantasala for all of the feedback they provided back to the Entity Framework team!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Enjoy!</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">David Sceppa</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">ADO.NET Program Manager</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9167049" width="1" height="1">ADO.NETEntity FrameworkProvidersIBMU2InformixDB2