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* Firebird and Interbase Data Provider
<ul>
<li>ADO.NET Data Provider for Firebird and Interbase databases</li>
<li>Does not exist in Mono, but is a separate project</li>
<li>The <a href="http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php">Firebird Relational Database</a> is
is an independent project which uses source code based on the Interbase source code released
by Borland under the Interbase Public License</li>
<li>Both the Firebird Relational Database and the Firebird .NET Data Provider can be
downloaded from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/firebird/">here</a></li>
<li>The Firebird .NET Data provider has been made
available by Carlos Guzmn lvarez (aka "Carlos G.A."), who has also made a
number of contributions to the OdbcJdbc code</li>
<li>Bugs with Mono or the data provider should be reported
in Mono's Bugzilla <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/">here</a>. If you
do not have Bugzilla user account, it is free
and easy to create one <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/createaccount.cgi">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
** Current Status
<ul>
<li>Current stable version: 1.5.1</li>
<li>Current developement version: 1.6</li>
<li>The new data provider/driver is written in C# and provides a high-performance native
implementation of the GDS32/API functions. This means that .Net developers
will be able to access Firebird databases without the need of Firebird
client install</li>
<li>In support of the new module, a new mailing list
<a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider">firebird-net-provider</a> has
been created. Please use this list for any
questions that you may have about the provider</li>
</ul>
** New features & enhancements in 1.6 version
<ul>
<li>Firebird Embedded Server support.</li>
<li>New FbScript class implementation.</li>
<li>Improved connection pooling.</li>
<li>Improved array datatype support.</li>
</ul>
** Testing
<ul>
<li>Need a working mono and mcs</li>
<li>Need access to a Firebird Relational Database or you can download
it from <a href="http://firebird.sourceforge.net">here</a></li>
<li>Get the Firebird .NET data provider from here as
<a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider">firebird-net-provider</a>. Make
sure the Firebird .NET data provider binary assembly FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird.dll is
installed in the same place as the mono class libraries.</li>
<li>Has a ConnectionString format:
<pre>
"Database=databasefile.gdb;User=user;Password=pass;Dialect=3;Server=hostname"
</pre>
</li>
<li>C# Example:
<pre>
using System;
using System.Data;
using FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird;
public class Test
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string connectionString =
"Database=C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\FIREBIRD\\EXAMPLES\\EMPLOYEE.GDB;" +
"User=SYSDBA;" +
"Password=masterkey;" +
"Dialect=3;" +
"Server=localhost";
IDbConnection dbcon = new FbConnection(connectionString);
dbcon.Open();
IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand();
string sql = "SELECT * FROM employee";
dbcmd.CommandText = sql;
IDataReader reader = dbcmd.ExecuteReader();
while(reader.Read()) {
object dataValue = reader.GetValue(0);
string sValue = dataValue.ToString();
Console.WriteLine("Value: " + sValue);
}
// clean up
reader.Close();
reader = null;
dbcmd.Dispose();
dbcmd = null;
dbcon.Close();
dbcon = null;
}
}
</pre>
</li>
<li>Building C# Example:
<ul>
<li>Save the example to a file, such as, TestExample.cs</li>
<li>Build on Linux:
<pre>
mcs TestExample.cs -r System.Data.dll \
-r FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird.dll
</pre>
</li>
<li>Build on Windows via Cygwin:
<pre>
mono C:/cygwin/home/MyHome/mono/install/bin/mcs.exe \
TestExample.cs \
-lib:C:/cygwin/home/MyHome/mono/install/lib \
-r System.Data.dll -r FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird.dll
</pre>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Running the Example:
<pre>
mono TestExample.exe
</pre>
</li>
</ul>
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