System.Data.SqlClient

MSSQL .NET Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to MSSQL via the Microsoft .NET MSSQL driver.

Step 2: Server Name

In this field, provide the host name or the IP address of the server to which you are connecting.

Step 3: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server.

Step 4: Database

Specify the database name to wish to connect.

Step 5: Custom parameters

You can specify additional MSSQL driver options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

System.Data.SqlClient

MSSQL2005 .NET Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to MSSQL2005 via the Microsoft .NET MSSQL driver.

Step 2: Server Name

In this field, provide the host name or the IP address of the server to which you are connecting.

Step 3: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server.

Step 4: Database

Specify the database name to wish to connect.

Step 5: Custom parameters

You can specify additional MSSQL driver options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

SQL Server Compact v3.5 Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to MSSQL Compact databases via the Microsoft .NET MSSQL driver.

Step 2: Server Name

In this field, provide the host name or the IP address of the server to which you are connecting.

Step 3: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server.

Step 4: Database

Specify the database file name you wish to connect.

Step 5: Custom parameters

You can specify additional driver options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

To use the MSSQLCE.NET driver for SQL Server Compact v3.5, you must install the SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 from http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2005/en/us/compact-downloads.aspx. System.Data.Odbc System.Data.OleDb

FB.NET Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to Interbase via the Firebird .NET driver.

Step 2: Server Name

In this field, provide the host name or the IP address of the server to which you are connecting.

Step 3: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server.

Step 4: Database

Specify the full path of the database to which you wish to connect (e.g. "c:\..\employee.gdb").

Step 5: Custom parameters

You can specify additional FB .Net driver specific options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

To use the FB.NET driver for Firebird, you must install the open-source firebird driver from http://www.dotnetfirebird.org.

SQLite.NET Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to an SQLite database via the SQLite .NET driver.

Step 2: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server. Username is ignored, Password can be used for protected databases.

Step 3: Database

Specify the full path of the database to which you wish to connect (e.g. "c:\..\database.db3").

Step 4: Custom parameters

You can specify additional FB .Net driver specific options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

To use the SQLite.NET driver, you must install the free SQLite driver from http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlite-dotnet2/.

npgsql Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to PostgreSQL Database Server via the PostgreSQL .NET driver.

Step 2: Server Name

In this field, provide the host name or the IP address of the server to which you are connecting.

Step 3: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server.

Step 4: Database

Specify the name of the database to which you wish to connect.

Step 5: Custom parameters

You can specify additional npgsql .Net driver specific options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

To use the NPGSQL.NET driver for PostgreSQL, you must install the open-source PostgreSQL driver from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/npgsql. MySql.Data.MySqlClient

MySql Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to MySQL Database Server via the MySql .NET driver.

Step 2: Server Name

In this field, provide the host name or the IP address of the server to which you are connecting.

Step 3: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server.

Step 4: Database

Specify the name of the database to which you wish to connect.

Step 5: Custom parameters

You can specify additional MySql .Net driver specific options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

To use the MySql.NET driver for MySql, you must have the commercial MySql driver from http://dev.mysql.com/. Please note that you may NOT use the GPL version of the MySQL driver with Data Abstract, as the GPL explicitely prohibits linking against non-GPLed code. Using the GPL version of the MySQL driver will violate your Data Abstract license and the GPL. MySql.Data.MySqlClient

MySql Driver

This Driver allows you to connect to MySQL v4 Database Server via the MySql .NET driver.

Step 2: Server Name

In this field, provide the host name or the IP address of the server to which you are connecting.

Step 3: Login

Use these two fields to provide a username and password to access the database server.

Step 4: Database

Specify the name of the database to which you wish to connect.

Step 5: Custom parameters

You can specify additional MySql .Net driver specific options as a semicolon separated list of name/value pairs.

Oracle.NET Driver

No specific help for the ODAC driver is available, yet. Please consult the Oracle documentation for details.

Oracle.DataAccess.Client

Oracle Data Provider Driver for .NET (Oracle10g)

Use this selection to connect to Oracle 10g using the Oracle Data Provider for .NET.

As a Database parameter you should specify TNS name of the database you want to connect.

For more details about Oracle Data Provider please refer ODP.NET Home

Oracle Data Provider Driver for .NET (Oracle 9i)

Use this selection to connect to Oracle 9i using the Oracle Data Provider for .NET.

As a Database parameter you should specify TNS name of the database you want to connect.

For more details about Oracle Data Provider please refer ODP.NET Home

Borland Data Provider Driver