On Thursday 02 August 2007 08:57, Andrei Kovalevski wrote: > Merlin Moncure wrote: > > On 8/2/07, Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ühel kenal päeval, N, 2007-08-02 kell 11:24, kirjutas Rohit Khare: > >>> I used NPGSQL .NET driver to connect PGSQL 8.2.4 database to VB.NET. > >>> As stated on NPGSQL page, it doesn't seem to provide seamless > >>> integration and performance with .NET. Instead when I used ODBC, the > >>> performance was comparatively better. What's the reason? When can we > >>> expect .NET driver that provides seamless integration. > >> > >> What kind of "seamless integration" are you looking for ? > > > > The .net data provider is not as good when working with typed datasets > > in terms of support from the ide. Normally for other providers the > > IDE does everything for you, writing update statements and such in a > > ORM fashion. This is kind of a pain for some of the report designers > > and other things that want to work with a typed set. It's possible to > > work around this, it's just a pain, and changes with each release of > > visual studio. Also, the connection pooling portions are buggy > > (google LOG: incomplete startup packet). > > > > The ODBC driver works pretty good actually. I can't speak about the > > performance though. > > > > merlin > > I have an experience with writing ODBC driver for PostgreSQL > (https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/odbcng/). I would be happy to > help community to improve .NET data provider. >
That would be nice. Of course none of this seems relevant to hackers, so I'd ask those interested to check out the .net project page at http://pgfoundry.org/projects/npgsql/ -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
