If your application needs to address specific DBMS functionality, you can use a DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data provider.
3 Open the DataDirect DAAB project for your DataDirect data provider, located in install_dir\Enterprise Libraries\Src\CS\.
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2 Right-click Application Configuration, then select New / Data Access Application Block. The Enterprise Library Configuration window appears.
3 In the Name field, enter a name for the DAAB’s connection string, for example, MyOracle.
4 In the ConnectionString field, enter a connection string.
5 Right-click the ProviderName field, and select the data provider. For example, select DDTek.Oracle.4.0 for the Oracle data provider.
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8 Select the TypeName field, and then choose the browse (…) button to navigate to the Debug output directory of the DataDirect DAAB that you built. Then, select the TypeName. For example, the Oracle TypeName is DDTek.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.Oracle.dll.
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5 Right-click the connection string under the Application Node and select Save Application.
9 Using File Explorer, copy the DDTek.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.XXX.dll from the DataDirect DAAB directories, where XXX indicates the data source.