General usability

• Real RAD for database applications
• Fully compliant with ADO.NET
• 100% managed code
• Highly usable design time support
• Easy to deploy

Compatibility

• Support for .NET 9.0
• Full support of the latest versions of DB2
• Full support for x64 architecture
• Mono Framework support
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 - 2022 support
• CodeGear Delphi 2007 support
• Embarcadero Delphi Prism support
• SQL Server 2008 - 2023 Business Intelligence Solutions support

ADO.NET technology support

• Full support for ADO.NET Entity Framework v1 - v6
• Entity Framework Core support, including version 9.0
• Batch update support
• Extended metadata information retrieval
• Advanced CommandBuilder component with automatic refresh SQL
• Enhanced pooling control through connection string
• Connection string builder
• Provider factory for generating key data access classes
• Asynchronous command execution
• Provider-specific types support
• Retrieval of output parameters from stored procedures and functions

ADO.NET Entity Framework

• Conceptual approach to enterprise development
• High performance
• Wide support for LINQ to Entities
• Wide support for EntitySQL
• Full CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) support
• Wide support for server data types
• Change tracking support
• Object data caching
• Inheritance mapping support (TPH, TPT, and TPCT models)
• Capability to use stored procedures when manipulating data
• Stored procedure import support
• Ability to build database-independent applications
• Visual Studio EDM Wizard support
• Reverse engineering of database objects to entity model
• Visual model creation and code generation with Entity Developer
  • Update Model From Database functionality for Entity Developer
  • Update To Database with Mapping Synchronization functionality for Entity Developer
• Illustrated tutorial to get started with Entity Framework in 5 minutes

Extended data access technologies and functionality

• Powerful DB2DataTable component for manipulating individual tables or query result
• NonBlocking mode allows fetching data asynchronously in the background
• On-demand data fetch for data-bound controls
• Paginal access to query result
• Server side master-detail relation based on queries
• Ability to refresh individual records in DB2DataTable component
• Support for Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block (DAAB)
• Object-oriented building of SELECT statements
• DB2DataAdapter.Fill method with sequential fetch support
• Ability to defer fetching of some columns in a resultset

WinForms-specific features

• Flexible data binding with DataLink component
• InterForm technology for cross-form components cooperation
• Global position synchronization within a data source

ASP.NET-specific features

• ASP.NET data providers: Membership, Role, Session State, Profile, Personalization, Site Map, Web Event
• ASP.NET SimpleMembership providers support
• DB2DataSource web component

Script execution

• Advanced script execution features with DB2Script component
• Support for executing individual statements in scripts
• Support for executing huge scripts stored in files with dynamic loading

SQL execution monitoring

• Extended SQL tracing capabilities with DB2Monitor component
• Support for dbMonitor utility for advanced tracing analysis and control
• Per-component SQL tracing
• Optional log output to IDE toolwindows

Design-time enhancements

• Automatic component registration in toolbox
• Advanced integration with Visual Studio 2008 - 2022, including Server Explorer, Data Source wizard, TableAdapter configuration, Query Builder and configuring web component DB2DataSource
• DataSet Wizard to create and edit typed DB2-oriented datasets
• DataSet Manager to list and bind datasets in the project
• DataSet Editor to edit dataset contents
• Advanced design-time component and property editors
• IntelliSense descriptions for dotConnect for DB2 classes
• Easy migration from IBM DB2 data provider, ODBC and OLE DB .NET Data Providers with Migration Wizard
• Syntax highlighting and SQL code completion in design-time editors
• TableMappings editor
• Convenient instant data preview and management in design time

Product clarity

• Complete documentation sets integrated into Visual Studio and CodeGear Delphi
• Integration with Visual Studio and MSDN help collections
• A large amount of helpful demos in C# and VB

Licensing and support

• Included annual dotConnect for DB2 Subscription with Priority Support
• Licensed royalty-free per developer, per team, or per site