* ADO.NET
- <p>Mono's ADO.NET Developers:
- <ul>
- <li>rodrigo -AT- ximian.comNOSPAM - <b>Rodrigo Moya</b> - coordinator
- for the ADO.NET implementation and works on the OLE DB provider</li>
- <li>danmorg -AT- sc.rr.comNOSPAM - <b>Daniel Morgan</b> - works on
- the MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle providers</li>
- <li>tim -AT- timcoleman.comNOSPAM - <b>Tim Coleman</b> - works on
- the Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, and TDS providers</li>
- <li>brianlritchie -AT- hotmail.comNOSPAM - <b>Brian Ritchie</b> - works on
- the ODBC provider and the ProviderFactory</li>
- <li>vladimir -AT- pobox.comNOSPAM - <b>Vladimir Vukicevic</b> - works on
- the SQL Lite provider</li>
- <li>cleared -AT- rogers.comNOSPAM - <b>Christopher Bockner</b> - works on
- the IBM DB2 provider</li>
- <li>vi64pa -AT- koti.soon.fiNOSPAM - <b>Ville Palo</b> - works on XML stuff in System.Data
- including DataSet, XmlDataDocument, and has done lots of testing</li>
- </ul>
+<p>Mono's ADO.NET Developers:
+
+<table border=1>
+
+<tr>
+ <td><b>Developer</b></td>
+ <td><b>Email</b></td>
+ <td><b>Contribution</b></td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Rodrigo Moya</td>
+ <td>rodrigo -AT-<br> ximian.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>ADO.NET coordinator,<br> OLE DB provider,<br> and tests</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Daniel Morgan</td>
+ <td>danmorg -AT-<br> sc.rr.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>MySQL, PostgreSQL, <br>Oracle providers,<br> and tests</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Tim Coleman</td>
+ <td>tim -AT- <br>timcoleman.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>Microsoft SQL Server, <br>Sybase, <br>TDS providers,<br> Oracle,
+ <br>and tests.<br>
+ He has
+ contributed <br>to other parts <br>of Mono too, <br>such as,
+ <br>EnterpriseServices,
+ XML, <br>and WebServices.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Brian Ritchie</td>
+ <td>brianlritchie -AT-<br> hotmail.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>ODBC provider <br>and the ProviderFactory <br>in Mono.Data</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Vladimir Vukicevic</td>
+ <td>vladimir -AT-<br> pobox.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>SQL Lite provider. <br> He has contributed to GTK# <br>and mPhoto too.</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Christopher Bockner</td>
+ <td>cleared -AT-<br> rogers.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>IBM DB2 Universal <br>Database provider</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Ville Palo</td>
+ <td>vi64pa -AT-<br> koti.soon.fiNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>XML stuff <br>in System.Data <br>including DataSet <br>
+ and XmlDataDocument, <br>and tests</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Gonzalo Paniagua Javier</td>
+ <td>gonzalo -AT-<br> ximian.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>Integration between <br>System.Web and <br>System.Data</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Gaurav Vaish</td>
+ <td>gvaish -AT-<br> iitk.ac.inNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>Web controls</td>
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+ <td>Phillip Jerkins</td>
+ <td>Phillip.Jerkins -AT-<br> morgankeegan.comNOSPAM</td>
+ <td>Named Instance support <br>in System.Data.SqlClient</td>
+</tr>
+
+</table>
+
+** Bugs and Feature Requests
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li>Bugs with Mono or any data provider in Mono should be reported
+ in Mono's Bugzilla <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/">here</a>. If you
+ do not have a Bugzilla user account, it is free
+ and easy to create
+ one <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/createaccount.cgi">here</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>Any RFE (Request For Enhancement) for features missing or new functionality
+ should be entered as a bug in Bugzilla too</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+** ADO.NET Data Providers
-* Action plan
+<p>List of ADO.NET Data Providers working in Mono:
+
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/ibmdb2.html">IBM DB2 Universal Database</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/mysql.html">MySQL</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/odbc.html">ODBC</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/oracle.html">Oracle</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/oledb.html">OLE DB</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/postgresql.html">PostgreSQL</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/sqlclient.html">Microsoft SQL Server</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/sqlite.html">SQL Lite</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/sybase.html">Sybase</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/tdsclient.html">TDS Generic</a></li>
+</ul>
- <p>The current plan to implement ADO.NET is as follows:
+<p>Providers which we do not have, but we would like to have. Currently,
+ some of these databases are supported via the ODBC or OLE DB providers.
- <ul>
- <li>Either create ADO.NET providers or modify pre-exiting ADO.NET providers to
- work with Mono</li>
-
- <ul>
- <li>Create ADO.NET Providers
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/sqlxml_intromanagedclasses.asp?frame=true">Managed Classes for SqlXml</a> which is
+ a .NET data provider for retrieving XML data from a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database. The System.Data.SqlClient provider
+ in Mono can be used as a starting point at mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient.</li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.hughes.com.au/">miniSQL</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.sleepycat.com/">BerkeleyDB (Sleepycat)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.sapdb.org/">SapDB</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/">Informix</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/">Foxpro</a></li>
+ <li>Microsoft Access - could be done by creating C# bindings to <a href="http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net">MDB Tools</a></li>
+ <li>dbase or xbase type database files</li>
+ <li>Others are welcome</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>External Projects that have created ADO.NET Providers that work on Mono:
+
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/firebird.html">Firebird Interbase</a></li> is a
+ Firebird SQL Managed data provider. It can be used with Interbase databases too. It
+ is written in 100%C# and does not require a client library. Works on .NET and Mono.</a>
+ <li><a href="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/npgsql/projdisplay.php">Npgsql</a> is a
+ PostgreSQL Managed data provider written
+ in 100% C#, does not require a client library, and works on .NET and Mono</li>
+ <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysqlnet/">MySQLNet</a> is a
+ MySQL Managed data provider written in 100% C#, does not
+ require a client library, and works on .NET and Mono</li>
+</ul>
+
+** Tools
+
+<p>Some tools that can be used for ADO.NET and other technologies (ASP.NET, XML, etc).
+
+<ul>
+ <li><b>SQL# CLI</b> - a SQL query tool with a command-line interface.
+ It can be used to enter and execute SQL statements or
+ execute a batch of SQL commands from a file. It can
+ be used to test connection strings, connect to various ADO.NET
+ providers, save output to text, html, or xml. It is a work-in-progress.
+ The SQL# CLI is distributed with the
+ Mono runtime and class libraries as an executable assembly sqlsharp.exe.
+ The source to SQL# CLI can be found in the mcs source at
+ mcs/tools/SqlSharp/SqlSharpCli.cs
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p><b>SQL# GUI - a graphical SQL query tool</b> allows a user
+ to enter SQL commands in a top panel which is a text editor. It
+ has a toolbar and menu for various tasks, such as, executing
+ SQL commands one-at-a-time or in a batch. The results would appear
+ in a bottom panel in a grid or could be saved to a file (xml, html, csv).
+ Also, the bottom panel would allow logging of SQL command executed.
+ Currently, there is a <a href="http://go-mono.com/images/sqlsharp.png">SQL# For GTK#</a> which
+ provides a GUI interface using the <a href="http://gtk-sharp.sourceforge.net">Gtk#</a> toolkit. SQL# For GTK#
+ is a work-in-progress and can be found in the mcs source at
+ mcs/tools/SqlSharp/gui/gtk-sharp</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Tools we would like to have, but they have not been created yet:
+
+<ul>
+ <li><b>XML Schema Definition tool</b> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cptools/html/cpconxmlschemadefinitiontoolxsdexe.asp">xsd.exe</a> needs
+ to be created. Maybe this TODO item should be at the System.XML web page instead.
<ul>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/ibmdb2.html">IBM DB2 Universal Database</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/mysql.html">MySQL</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/odbc.html">ODBC</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/oracle.html">Oracle</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/oledb.html">OLE DB</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/postgresql.html">PostgreSQL</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/sqlclient.html">Microsoft SQL Server</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/sqlite.html">SQL Lite</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/sybase.html">Sybase</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/tdsclient.html">TDS Generic</a></li>
- <li>Providers which we do not have, but we would like to have. Currently,
- some of these databases are supported via the ODBC or OLEDB providers.</li>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/sqlxml_intromanagedclasses.asp?frame=true">Managed Classes for SqlXml</a> which is
- a .NET data provider for retrieving XML data from a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database. The System.Data.SqlClient provider
- in Mono can be used as a starting point at mcs/class/System.Data/System.Data.SqlClient.</li>
- <li><a href="http://www.hughes.com.au/">miniSQL</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.sleepycat.com/">BerkeleyDB (Sleepycat)</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.sapdb.org/">SapDB</a></li>
- <li>Microsoft Access - could be done by creating C# bindings to <a href="http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net">MDB Tools</a></li>
- <li>dbase or xbase type database files</li>
- <li>Others are welcome</li>
- </ul>
- </ul></li>
- <br>
- <li>Modify Pre-existing ADO.NET Providers to work with Mono. This may
- require fixing or implementing areas of Mono too.
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/firebird.html">Firebird Interbase</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/npgsql/projdisplay.php">Npgsql</a> is a
- PostgreSQL Managed data provider written
- in 100% C#, does not require a client library, and works on Mono</li>
- <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysqlnet/">MySQLNet</a> is a
- MySQL Manager data provider written in 100% C#, does not
- require a client library, and works on Mono</li>
- </ul>
+ <li>This tool
+ would work like the xsd.exe tool included with
+ the .NET Framework. The Xsd.exe tools has the\r
+ following uses:\r
+ <ul>\r
+ <li><b>XDR to XSD</b> - used to generate an XML schema from an XDR (XML Data Reduced schema) file. \r
+ XDR was used by Microsoft prior to XSD becoming a W3C recommendation. So, this needs\r
+ to be supported for legacy reasons</li>\r
+ <li><b>XML to XSD</b> - used to generate an XML schema from an XML file</li> \r
+ <li><b>XSD to DataSet</b> - used to generate DataSet classes from an XSD schema file. The\r
+ DataSet classes created can then be used with XML data</li>\r
+ <li><b>XSD to Classes</b> - used to generate classes from an XSD schema file. The \r
+ classes created can be used with System.XML.Serialization.XMLSerializer \r
+ to read and write XML code that follows the schema</li>\r
+ <li><b>Classes to XSD</b> - used to generate an XML schema \r
+ from type(s) in a assembly file. The \r
+ XML schema created by the tool defines the XML format used \r
+ by System.XML.Serialization.XMLSerializer</li>\r
+ </ul>\r
+ <li>Xsd.exe is used to manipulate XML schemas that \r
+ follow the http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema">XML Schema Definition (XSD)</a> language \r
+ recommended by the <a href="http://w3.org/">World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)</a></li>\r
+ \r
+ <li>How this tool could be created:\r
+ <ul>\r
+ <li>Write xsd.exe in C# and run on Mono</li>\r
+ <li>Make sure we have XML Schema support in System.Xml.Schema. Currently,\r
+ it is wrapped around libxlst</li>\r
+ <li>XML serialization support in System.Data classes</li>\r
+ <li>Create the TypedDataSetGenerator class in System.Data</li>\r
+ <li>Using CodeDOM or Reflection.Emit to create code</li>\r
+ <li>Make sure DataSet, XmlDataDocument, and related classes \r
+ are implemented fully</li>\r
+ </ul>\r
+ </li> \r
+
</li>
- </ul>
- <br>
- <li>Create Tools for Configuration, Testing, and Entering SQL Queries
- <ul>
- <li><b>SQL# CLI - a command-line tool</b> written in C# to
- execute SQL commands,
- test connection strings, and connect to various ADO.NET
- providers in Mono. The SQL# CLI can be found in
- mcs/tools/SqlSharp/SqlSharpCli.cs</li>
-
- <li><p><b>SQL# GUI - a GUI tool</b> written in C# to
- execute SQL commands.
- Currently, there is SQL# For GTK# which
- can be found at
- mcs/tools/SqlSharp/gui/gtk-sharp
- It has a SQL editor with
- syntax hi lighting of SQL keywords. This will be
- moving to its own cvs modeul sqlsharpgtk.</li>
-
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><b>Application XML Configuration File Editor</b> - a tool
+ to create and edit an application configuration file, such as,
+ we have a .net application named Accouting.exe, the tool could edit
+ the application configuration file Accounting.exe.config so a user could
+ connect to the database used by the program. This tool has not
+ been created.</li>
+
<li><b>Configuration Command-Line and GUI Tools for ADO.NET</b>.
These tools have not been started. The tools would be written in
C# and run on Mono. The
configuration tool can be used to do the following:
<ul>
+ <li>bebased on the Application XML Configuration File Editor</li>
<li>setup DSNs for the ODBC and OLE-DB
providers and configurations for
their underlying libraries (unixODBC and libgda)</li>
freetds.conf for Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase</li>
</ul>
</li>
- </ul>
+
</ul>
+
+** Extra Classes in Mono ADO.NET
+
+ <p>An ADO.NET <a href="http://www.go-mono.com/provider-factory.html">Provider Factory</a>
+ was created by Brian Ritchie. The
+ Provider Factory is a way to dynamically create
+ connections, commands, parameters, and data adapters based on configuration
+ information.
-* Current Status
+** Current Status
- <p>Variouls ADO.NET Providers have been created: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sybase, SQL Lite,
- Microsoft SQL Server, OLE DB, ODBC, and TDS Generic. See their respective web page for
- more information.
+ <p>Various ADO.NET Providers have been created at various stages of
+ development including:
+ Firebird/Interbase, IBM DB2 Universal Database, MySQL, ODBC, OLE DB, Oracle,
+ PostgreSQL, SQL Lite, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, and TDS Generic.
+ See their respective web page for more information.
+
+ <p><b>Data Relations</b> via DataRelation, DataRelationCollection, and
+ other classes have not been implemented
+
+ <p><b>Constraints</b> need lots of work
- <p>Constraints need lots of work
+ <p><b>XML Schema Definition tool</b> xsd.exe that is included
+ in the .NET Framework has not been created for Mono
- <p>TypeDataSetGenerator needs to be stubbed and implemented.
+ <p><b>TypeDataSetGenerator</b> needs to be stubbed and implemented.
<p><b>DataSet, DataAdaptor, DataTable, DataRelation, DataRow, DataColumn,
DataColumnCollection, DataRowCollection, and others</b> need more work. There are
- many classes that are just stubs and need to be implemented.
+ many classes that are just stubs and need to be implemented. Ville Palo has been
+ doing much testing here.
<p><b>XML support in System.Data</b> needs work. This involves working on
the classes: DataSet, XmlDataDocument, and the method ExecuteXmlReader() that
Stuart Caborn has started the XML support in a DataSet. Tim Coleman started
XML support in the ExecuteXmlReader() in a SqlCommand. Ville Palo has been
heavily modifying DataSet, XmlDataDocument, and other classes for reading
- and writing XML.
-
- <p><b>ADO.NET Provider Factory</b> has been started by Brian Ritchie. The
- Provider Factory is way to dynamically create
- connections, commands, parameters, and data adapters based on configuration information. The
- provider factory also provides utility functions needed by a lot of
- providers but are not exposed via the provider. The ProviderFactory
- is found at mcs/class/Mono.Data and includes a test named test.cs for it in
- mcs/class/Mono.Data/Test. Also, take a look at the sample .config file for the
- test.exe application named test.exe.config. The .config file is automatically
- read when you use the Mono.Data.ProviderFactory or Mono.Data.DataTools.
+ and writing XML. XML Serialization support in DataSet needs to be implemented.
- <p><b>Integration with ASP.NET</b> has not been started, such as, data binding
- to a System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid. This may involve implementing many classes
- in System.Web and System.Data. If you want to help,
- contact Gonzalo Paniagua Javier. Here is information about using ADO.NET in ASP.NET:
+ <p><b>Integration with ASP.NET</b> has been created. Data binding of
+ a DataTable in a DataSet to a System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGrid works. Data binding
+ of other types works too.
+
+ <p><b>Database Access from ASP.NET</b>:
<ul>
<li>Take a look at xsp in cvs and look at the examples in test: dbpage1.aspx
and dbpage2.aspx:
has not been started, such as, data binding
to a GtkTreeView. This may involve creating new classes
to go between the glist data model and the ADO.NET data model.
- Mike Kestner would be the best person to ask for help on GTK#.
+ Mike Kestner or Rachel Hestilov would be the best people to ask for help on GTK#.
<p><b>Integration with QT#</b> has not been started. Any information on
how this can be done is appreciated. Adam Treat would be the best
</pre>
</ul>
-* Testing
+** Testing
<ul>
- <li>Testing connection-oriented classes are done via the provider specific tests
+ <li>Testing connection-oriented classes are done
+ via the provider specific tests
+ found in the mcs source at mcs/class</br>
+ <table border=1>
+ <tr>
+ <td><b>Name</b></td>
+ <td><b>Assembly /</br> Namespace</b></td>
+ <td><b>Test</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Microsoft</br> SQL</br> Server</br></td>
+ <td>System.Data /</br> System.Data.SqlClient</td>
+ <td>SqlTest.cs at</br> System.Data/Test</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>PostgreSQL</br> (Mono)</td>
+ <td>Mono.Data.PostgreSqlClient /</br> Mono.Data.PostgreSqlClient</td>
+ <td>PostgresTest.cs at</br> System.Data/Test</td>
+ </tr>
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/testing.html">Testing non-connection classes</a> are
- done via mono's modified version of NUnit.</li>
+ <tr>
+ <td>MySQL</br> (Mono)</td>
+ <td>Mono.Data.MySql /</br> Mono.Data.MySql</td>
+ <td>MySqlTest.cs at</br> Mono.Data.MySql/Test</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>Oracle</br> (Mono)</td>
+ <td>System.Data.OracleClient /</br> System.Data.OracleClient</td>
+ <td>TestOracleClient.cs at</br> System.Data.OracleClient</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>ODBC</br> (Mono)</td>
+ <td>System.Data.OracleClient /</br> System.Data.OracleClient</td>
+ <td>TestOracleClient.cs at</br> System.Data.OracleClient</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ </table>
+
+
+ <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/testing.html">Testing non-connection classes</a> are
+ done via mono's modified version of NUnit.
+ <ul>
+ <li>To run all the NUnit tests for Mono, you need the mcs source. cd to the root
+ of the mcs source. To run it:
+ <ul>
+ <li>On Linux: make -f makefile test</li>
+ <li>On Windows: make test</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>If you just want to run the NUnit tests for System.Data, you would cd into
+ the mcs source at class/System.Data/Test and run it:
+ <ul>
+ <li>On Linux: make -f makefile test</li>
+ <li>On Windows: make test</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+
</ul>
+
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