The Data Access Server (DAS) runs as part of a standard Ingres installation. The DAS translates JDBC requests from the Ingres JDBC Driver into Ingres internal format and forwards the request to the appropriate DBMS Server. The DAS supports the same network protocols and port designations as the Communications Server.

The DAS also supports the new Ingres .NET Data Provider component that enables high-performance native .NET access to Ingres data sources and delivers Ingres data to the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Through the DAS, a JDBC client and Ingres .NET Data Provider have full access to Ingres, Enterprise Access, and EDBC databases. The DAS can also access database servers on remote machines using Ingres Net.

For more information, see the Connectivity Guide.