Using the Microsoft Enterprise Library

Using the Microsoft Enterprise Library can simplify application development by wrapping common tasks, such as data access, into portable code that makes it easier to move your application from one DBMS to another.

DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data providers can be used with Data Access Application Blocks (DAAB). The classes in the DAABs provide access to the most frequently used features of ADO.NET. Applications can use the DAABs for tasks such as passing data through application layers and returning changed data back to the database. Using DAABs eliminates the need to keep writing the same data access tasks for each new or revised application, so you can spend your time more productively.

Applications that use the standard Logging Application Block and design patterns can quickly display the SQL that is generated as part of DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data providers that support the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework.

To use features of the Enterprise Library with your data provider, download the Microsoft Enterprise Library 6.0. The Enterprise Library 6.0 documentation contains detailed information about using the application blocks.