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DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET DB2 Entity Framework data provider (the DB2 Entity Framework data provider) supports the following DB2 servers:
NOTE: This documentation uses "DB2 for iSeries" to refer to all versions of DB2 for iSeries.
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or higher is required when developing applications for the ADO.NET Entity Framework.
The DB2 Entity Framework data provider supports the following programming features:
The DB2 Entity Framework data provider uses the DB2 data provider to communicate with the DB2 database server. This means that the functionality defined by the DB2 data provider (see Chapter 5 “The DB2 Data Provider”) applies to the Entity Framework data provider unless otherwise noted in this chapter. Similarly, any performance configurations made to the DB2 data provider are realized by the DB2 Entity Framework data provider.
See the README text file shipped with your DataDirect product for the file name of the data provider.