Talk:ADO.NET

MDAC

Question: where does ADO.NET sit in the MDAC stack? Do Microsoft consider it part of MDAC at all? The MDAC roadmap does mention it, but doesn't state whether it is part of the .NET framework or whether it is part of the MDAC framework. I know that ADO.NET must use a .NET Managed provider, but these just appear to be a simplified version of an OLE DB provider, even though they don't use COM and instead use the .NET CLR. Can anyone give me an answer to this? I'd like to update the MDAC article. - 203.134.166.99 08:07, 20 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

MDAC must be installed on the client machine in order to use ADO.NET; what version depends on what .NET version and classes you use. My understaning is that ADO.NET is essentially a lot of clever interop to make use of low-level drivers within MDAC. DigitalEnthusiast 19:50, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]