Re: .NET driver

Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On 8/2/07, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net> 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.

Andrei.