Zen v15 ADO.NET Core Data Provider and Entity Framework Core Data Provider for .NET Standard 2.0 Release Notes
General Release – July 2021
Contents
These release notes cover the following topics:
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About Zen ADO.NET Core Data Providers
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About Zen ADO.NET Entity Framework Core Data Providers
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Samples
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Technical Support
About Zen ADO.NET Core Data Providers
Zen ADO.NET Core data providers are available for use by applications running on systems that have a .NET implementation compatible with version 2.0 of the .NET Standard specification of .NET APIs. For more information about compatibility and how to use the core data provider, see the topic “Zen ADO.NET Core data providers” in Zen Data Providers for ADO.NET Guide to Developing Applications.
Note the core data providers referenced in these release notes are different from the data providers installed with Zen. See the Quick Start section of the Zen ADO.NET guide for descriptions of their respective uses.
If you are creating an application that needs to run on target systems with .NET Framework 4.6.0 or earlier, use the Zen ADO.NET data providers for .NET Framework installed with the Zen database engine. For more information regarding Zen ADO.NET data providers for .NET Framework, see the readme in the SDK for that provider.
For information regarding differences between Zen ADO.NET data providers and Zen ADO.NET Core data providers, see the topic "Zen ADO.NET Data Provider Features That Are Missing in Zen ADO.NET Core Data Provider" in Zen Data Providers for ADO.NET Guide to Developing Applications.
About Zen ADO.NET Entity Framework Core Data Providers
Zen ADO.NET Entity Framework Core data providers are available for use by applications that use the ADO.NET Entity Framework Core 3.1. For more information about compatibility and how to use the providers, see Zen Data Providers for ADO.NET Guide to Developing Applications. This guide is included in the \doc directory of the SDK download. For further information about developing .NET applications, see Zen Programmer’s Guide in the Zen developer documentation.
Samples
The following table lists the samples included with Zen ADO.NET Core data providers in a directory named samples\Provider\netstandard2.0. The rest of the path name differs between the 4.4 and 4.5 versions of the SDK.
 
Directory
Sample Directory
Purpose of Sample
4.4: \NetCore
4.5: \ActianZenNetCore
AdoNetCore2_0ProviderTest
Creates a .NET Core command line application that takes two parameters:
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-connection <"connection string">: Zen database connection string
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-sql <"SQL cmd to run">: SQL statement to be executed after connecting
4.4: \NetCore
4.5: \ActianZenNetCore
BasicCRUD
Creates a .NET Core command line application that performs basic Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations in a Zen database.
4.4: \NetCore\UWP
4.5: \ActianZenNetCore\UWP
UWP
Creates UWP application with a button for testing Zen connections.
4.4: \EntityCore
4.5: \ActianZenEntityCore
CodeFirstMigrationsWorkflow
CodeFirstWorkflow
4.4: See \EntityCore\Readme.txt
4.5: See \ActianZenEntityCore\Readme.txt
The following example illustrates the first sample in the list above:
dotnet .\AdoNetCore2_0ProviderTest.dll -connection "Host=localhost;Port=1583;Database=demodata;" -sql "SELECT * FROM Billing;"
Technical Support
You can find information and obtain help at the Actian website:
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To join a community forum discussion or search for knowledge base topics, visit the Actian Community and Customer Portal and select Actian Zen from the Products menu.
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To log a support case or purchase support services, visit Actian Support and Services and select an option from the Support menu.
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