The possibility of using ADO.NET as access method to DBMS -as an alternative
to ODBC- was incorporated this year to the GeneXus .NET generator both in
Windows (GUI) and Web applications.
This method to access the DBMS, which was already available for SQL Server,
can now be used with Oracle and will also be released for DB2, announced Armin
Bachmann, from ARTech's .NET support team.
The benefits of using 100% ".NET managed code" and the improved performance
attained by access to the DBMS through ADO.NET have been verified by Credencial
Salud S.A., which performed the first implementation of ADO.NET in Argentina.
GXportal users have also been able to verify the speed and efficiency
attained with this access method in its version developed with GeneXus 8.0 for
the Microsoft .NET platform.
Over 90% of GeneXus.NET applications with SQL Server have already adopted the
ADO.NET access method in production successfully, said Bachmann. I have no doubt
that applications that work with Oracle will also implement it soon, he
added.
For applications generated with GeneXus for .NET this means higher stability,
higher scalability and better performance. It also offers other advantages such
as the use of cache of queries to the database, the generation of multi-tier
Windows applications (Windows interface), and access to more application
monitoring tools.
For more information: http://www.artech.com.uy/gxdlsp/pub/gxdl.asp?genexus/csharp/docum/releasenotes/8.0/accesoadonet.htm