<li>Uses TDS Protocol Version 7.0</li>
- <li>Does not support trusted connections</li>
+ <li>Bugs with Mono or the data provider should be reported
+ in Mono's Bugzilla <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/">here</a>. If you
+ do not have Bugzilla user account, it is free
+ and easy to
+ create one <a href="http://bugzilla.ximian.com/createaccount.cgi">here</a>.</li>
+
</ul>
<ul>
- <li>Able to connect to Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000 databases</li>
+
+ <li>Connect to Microsoft SQL Server 7/2000 databases via SQL Server authentication and NT Authentication.</li>
<li>Connection pooling works.</li>
- <li>Stored Procedures work</li>
+ <li>Stored Procedures work.</li>
<li>Parameters work.</li>
<li>Data can be filled in a DataTable in a DataSet via a SqlDataAdapter</li>
- <li>Uses TDS Protocol Version 7.0</li>
-
- <li><a href="http://www.go-mono.com/tds-providers.html">Design of the Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, and TDS Providers in Mono</a></li>
-
<li>Works in the SQL# command-line and GTK# GUI version</li>
</ul>
** Action plan
<ul>
- <li>Connection timeouts is being developed now.
-
- <li>Needs more testing...
+
+ <li>Needs more testing and fixing bugs</li>
+
+ <li>Start work on TDS Protocol Version 8.0 support</li>
+
+ <li>Add support for the .NET Framework 2.0 (Whidbey)</li>
+
+ <li>Add support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Yukon) support</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.asp">Microsoft SQL Server</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li>If using Microsoft SQL Server 2000, make sure
- you are using at least Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 2000</li>
+
+ <li><b>IMPORTANT:</b> If using Microsoft SQL Server 2000, make sure
+ you are using at least Service Pack 3 for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. If using
+ MSDE 2000, make sure you have the special Service Pack 3 for MSDE 2000. You
+ can get it from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2000/sp3.asp">here</a></li>
+
+ <li>For those that only have MSDE installed. You can change the authentication mode \r
+ from Windows Only Authentication to SQL Server and Windows Authentications (also knows as Mixed-mode authentication)\r
+ via the <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322336&sd=tech#4">registry</a></li>. It is\r
+ the LoginMode you need to change. By default,\r
+ MSDE is installed with Windows Only Authentication. If you want SqlClient to work with MSDE via SQL Server authentication, you will\r
+ need to change the setting. Otherwise, you wil have to use NT Authentication.</a>\r
+ \r
+ <li>If using MSDE, you might need to create a new user with password. Give\r
+ this user access to various databases in this MSDE instance. Also, for each\r
+ database, give this new user at least SELECT access to the various tables you want\r
+ to retrieve data from.</li>\r
+ \r
+ <li>If you have Enterprise Manager, you can easily change the authentication mode\r
+ for both MSDE and Microsoft SQL Server. To change the authentication mode in \r
+ Enterprise Mananger, select the instance, right-click on it, and select properites.\r
+ The SQL Server properties dialog for that instance will pop up. Choose the Security\r
+ tab. Change the Authentication from Windows Only to SQL Server and Windows. If\r
+ the instance of your database does not show up in Enterprise Manager, Register first\r
+ by selecting the Action menu and choosing New SQL Server Registration.</li>\r
<li>Located at mcs/class/System.Data/Test is a test for System.Data.SqlClient
named SqlTest.cs and you could use this as a basis for your test.</li>
- <li>C# Example:
+ <li>If you want to use Integrated Security (aka NT Authentication aka Trusted Connection aka Domain Login), you
+ will need to specify the Domain User ID and Password. This is because Mono is not integrated with Windows
+ nor SQL Server.</li>
+
+ <li>Has a connection string format for SQL Server Authentication:
+<pre>
+ Server=hostname;
+ Database=databaseName;
+ User ID=sqlServerUserid;
+ Password=sqlServerPassword
+</pre>
+ </li>
+ <li>Has a connection string format for NT Authentication:
+<pre>
+ Server=hostname;
+ Database=databaseName;
+ User ID=windowsDomain\windowsUserid;
+ Password=windowsPassword;
+ Integrated Security=SSPI
+</pre>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>The Server part can be used three ways:
+
+ <table border=1>
+ <tr>
+ <td><b>Server Definition</b></td> <td><b>Example</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>hostname</td> <td>Server=MYHOST</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>hostname,port</td> <td>Server=MYHOST,1433</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>hostname\instance</td> <td>Server=MYHOST\NETSDK</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>C# Example using SQL Server Authentication:
+<pre>
+ using System;
+ using System.Data;
+ using System.Data.SqlClient;
+
+ public class Test
+ {
+ public static void Main(string[] args)
+ {
+ string connectionString =
+ "Server=MyServer;" +
+ "Database=pubs;" +
+ "User ID=MySqlServerUserId;" +
+ "Password=MySqlServerPassword;";
+ IDbConnection dbcon;
+ dbcon = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
+ dbcon.Open();
+ IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand();
+ string sql =
+ "SELECT fname, lname " +
+ "FROM employee";
+ dbcmd.CommandText = sql;
+ IDataReader reader = dbcmd.ExecuteReader();
+ while(reader.Read()) {
+ string FirstName = (string) reader["fname"];
+ string LastName = (string) reader["lname"];
+ Console.WriteLine("Name: " +
+ FirstName + " " + LastName);
+ }
+ // clean up
+ reader.Close();
+ reader = null;
+ dbcmd.Dispose();
+ dbcmd = null;
+ dbcon.Close();
+ dbcon = null;
+ }
+ }
+</pre>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>C# Example using NT Authentication (Integrated Security)
<pre>
using System;
using System.Data;
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string connectionString =
- "Server=localhost;" +
+ "Server=MyServer;" +
"Database=pubs;" +
- "User ID=myuserid;" +
- "Password=mypassword;";
+ "User ID=MyWindowsDomain\\MyWindowsUserid;" +
+ "Password=MyWindowsPassword;" +
+ "Integrated Security=SSPI";
IDbConnection dbcon;
dbcon = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
+ dbcon.Open();
IDbCommand dbcmd = dbcon.CreateCommand();
string sql =
"SELECT fname, lname " +
dbcmd.CommandText = sql;
IDataReader reader = dbcmd.ExecuteReader();
while(reader.Read()) {
- string FirstName = reader["fname"];
- string LastName = reader["lname"];
+ string FirstName = (string) reader["fname"];
+ string LastName = (string) reader["lname"];
Console.WriteLine("Name: " +
FirstName + " " + LastName);
}
}
</pre>
</li>
+
<li>Building C# Example:
<ul>
<li>Save the example to a file, such as, TestExample.cs</li>
<li>Build on Linux:
<pre>
mcs TestExample.cs -r System.Data.dll
-</pre>
- </li>
- <li>Build on Windows via Cygwin:
-<pre>
- mono C:/cygwin/home/MyHome/mono/install/bin/mcs.exe \
- TestExample.cs -r System.Data.dll
</pre>
</li>
</ul>
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