* OLE DB Provider
<ul>
	<li> Provides a OleDb-like provider for Mono
	using <a href="http://www.gnome-db.org/">GDA</a> as the data access layer.

	<li> Exists in namespace System.Data.OleDb and assembly System.Data
	
	<li>Created by Rodrigo Moya
	
	<li>LibGDA has providers for:
	<ul> 
		  <li><a href="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> 
		  <li><a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a>
		  <li>XML
		  <li>ODBC (via <a href="http://www.unixodbc.org/">unixODBC</a>)
		  <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com/">Oracle</a>
		  <li><a href="http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_interbase.html">Interbase</a>
		  <li><a href="http://www.sybase.com/downloads">Sybase</a> and
		  <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.asp">Microsoft SQL Server</a> (
		  via <a href="http://www.freetds.org/">FreeTDS</a>)
		  <li><a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/db2/">IBM DB2 Universal Database</a>
		  <li><a href="http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/download.html">SQL Lite</a>
		  <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/office/access/default.asp">MS Access</a> 
		  (via <a href="http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/">MDB Tools</a>)
	</ul>
</ul>
	
* Current Status
	<ul>
		<li>The OleDb provider is working with libgda (an OLE-DB/ADO data access for Unix).  
		The C-Sharp bindings to libgda currently work - meaning they can compile, run, 
		and you can connect to a
		PostgreSQL database via libgda via the C-Sharp bindings to libgda.  
	
		<li>Basic
		functionality (execution of commands, data retrieval, transactions, etc) are
		now working. 
	
		<li>An inital implementation of GetSchemaTable() for
		the OleDbDataReader has been checked into cvs.  GetSchemaTable() isn't correct for OleDb,
		but the foundation is there.
	</ul>

* Action Plan
	<ul>
		<li>Current focus is on filling up the missing pieces (Data adapters
		mainly) and schema support.  
	
		<li>We need help building libgda on Windows though.  libgda
		builds find on linux though.  

		<li>Need to make the OleDb provider compatible with the OleDb provider in Microsoft .NET
	</ul>