Neoview ADO.NET Provider Manual (R2.5)

Table of Contents
About This Document.........................................................................................................7
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)..........................................................................................7
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7
New and Changed Information in This Edition.....................................................................................7
Related Documentation..........................................................................................................................7
Neoview Customer Library...............................................................................................................7
Related Information................................................................................................................................9
Publishing History..................................................................................................................................9
HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................9
1 Introduction to ADO.NET............................................................................................11
ADO.NET Support for Neoview..........................................................................................................11
2 Neoview ADO.NET Compliance...............................................................................13
3 ADO.NET for Neoview...............................................................................................15
Neoview ADO.NET Connection String................................................................................................15
Connection String Properties..........................................................................................................15
Delimiting Special Characters in a Connection String....................................................................16
Neoview Schema Collections for ADO.NET .......................................................................................16
Catalogs...........................................................................................................................................17
Schemas...........................................................................................................................................17
Tables...............................................................................................................................................17
Views...............................................................................................................................................18
Indexes.............................................................................................................................................18
Columns...........................................................................................................................................18
PrimaryKeys....................................................................................................................................19
Restrictions and Extensions of ADO.NET Methods and Properties for the Neoview Platform..........19
NeoviewConnection........................................................................................................................19
Additional Methods and Properties..........................................................................................19
Clarifications..............................................................................................................................20
Limitations.................................................................................................................................20
NeoviewCommand.........................................................................................................................20
Additional Methods and Properties..........................................................................................20
Limitations.................................................................................................................................20
NeoviewDataReader.......................................................................................................................20
Limitations.................................................................................................................................20
NeoviewFactory..............................................................................................................................20
Clarifications..............................................................................................................................20
Tracing for ADO.NET on the Neoview Platform.................................................................................20
Enabling/Disabling Tracing and Selecting Message Types — NeoviewTraceLevel ......................21
Sending Tracing Output to the Console — NeoviewTraceConsole................................................21
Specifying a File for Tracing Output — NeoviewTraceFile ............................................................22
Configuring Tracing........................................................................................................................22
Error Messages......................................................................................................................................22
Index.................................................................................................................................23
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