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Using This Guide
We assume you are familiar with your operating system and its commands, the definition of directories, and accessing a database through an end-user application.
This guide covers the following information:
•Quick Start provides information about connecting to a database with your .NET data provider.
•Using the Data Providers provides information about using .NET applications with the Zen data provider and provides information about developing .NET applications in the .NET environment.
• Advanced Features describes advanced features of the data providers, including connection pooling, statement caching, configuring security, and using Zen Bulk Load.
•The ADO.NET Data Provider describes connection string options, data types, and other information for the Zen Entity Framework data provider.
•The ADO.NET Core Data Provider describes how to create an application and a UWP application in Visual Studio using Zen ADO.NET Core DLL.
• The ADO.NET Entity Framework Data Provider describes features of the ADO.NET Entity Framework data provider. It explains how to create a Entity Data Model for the Zen ADO.NET Entity Framework data provider.
•The ADO.NET Entity Framework Core Data Provider describes the Actian Zen ADO.NET Entity Framework Core data provider and provides instructions on how to configure and use it.
•Using the Zen Data Providers in Visual Studio describes how to use the Zen data provider and the Performance Wizard from within Visual Studio.
•Using the Microsoft Enterprise Libraries describes how to configure the Data Access Application Block and Logging Application Block, and use them in your application code.
•.NET Objects Supported provides the .NET public objects, properties, and methods supported by the Zen data provider.
•Getting Schema Information describes the schema collections supported by the Zen data provider.
•SQL Escape Sequences for .NET describes the scalar functions supported for the Zen data provider. Your data store may not support all of these functions.
•Locking and Isolation Levels discusses locking and isolation levels and how their settings can affect the data you retrieve.
•Designing .NET Applications for Performance Optimization provides recommendations for improving the performance of your applications by optimizing its code.
•Using an .edmx File explains the necessary changes to an .edmx file in order to provide Extended Entity Framework functionality to the EDM layer.
•Bulk Load Configuration Files provides samples of the files created during bulk load operations.
•IANA Code Page Mappings maps the most widely used IBM code pages to IANA code page names.
•Glossary defines terms used in this guide.
Note: This guide refers the reader to online links for more information about specific topics. Because it is the nature of web content to change frequently, we can guarantee only that the links referenced here were correct at the time of publishing.