Re: .NET driver

Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On 8/2/07, Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.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.