Tony, I'm not suggesting that IBM shouldn't have a route into ADO.NET. RedBack would seem an obvious candidate here, due to the disconnected/lockless nature of the recordsets. But I'm glad UO.net wasn't mangled into an ADO.NET provider of some kind. That wouldn't be appropriate, since if I do want to access mv data, I want to take advantage of the fastest interface possible, and only use the 'base data' approach of a dataset if I really have to.
Perhaps I'm being a Luddite - I haven't really bought into .net and have found it disappointing whenever I have tried to use it - certainly nothing strong enough to make me want to move from Delphi. I guess if the choice was between VB and .Net it would a different decision. It really is much easier to create custom or dependent classes if the library comes with full source code! But whether it is a .net dataset or a Delphi TClientDataSet I find record sets to be a cludgy, lowest-common-denominator approach. Given the choice I would rather call an open RPC mechanism to handle data more intelligently than lug lumps of data around - whatever the design tools may want. Memories of the data binding in VB and the record set controls have scarred me for life - urgggh. Brian ________________________________________________________________________ This email was checked on leaving Microgen for viruses, similar malicious code and inappropriate content by MessageLabs SkyScan. DISCLAIMER This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information. In the event of any technical difficulty with this email, please contact the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microgen Information Management Solutions http://www.microgen.co.uk ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
