Provider Independent Programming
Have you heard of Provider Agnostic Programming aka Base Class Provider Model aka Provider Independent Programming?
If not, read it out here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t9f29wbk.aspx
Well why am I writing about that article on this blog?
SQL Server Compact Edition supports this (rather adheres to these guidelines). The invariant names for different releases/versions of SQL Server Compact Edition are:
|
Version |
Invariant Name |
Supported .NET Frameworks |
|
3.1 |
System.Data.SqlServerCe |
.NET FX 2.0 |
|
3.5 |
System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5 |
.NET FX 2.0, .NET FX 3.5 |
|
4.0 |
System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0 |
Not yet released and tentative |
Thanks,
Laxmi Narsimha Rao ORUGANTI
