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Firebird and Entity Framework 4 – stage completed

The ADO.NET provider for Firebird now fully supports all the new features in Entity Framework 4. Simple. If you’re eager to test it, grab the weekly build and enjoy.

We support the internal improvements as well as the visible changes like i.e. Model First or CreateDatabaseScript method. The template for creating SQL script is now part of sources and sure will be included in final package as well. I expect to improve it on your feedback and also the model generation from designer is pluggable so you can create custom one and use it there.

To support some new features in SQL generation I had to tweak it little bit and as with every change, there’s a change that something goes wrong. Thus I would be more than happy to get some feedback either that it works OK or any queries where it fails.

I’m so happy to cross this milestone about two months after final Visual Studio 2010, .NET Framework 4 (incl. Entity Framework 4) were released. You can expect the official release after some testing, it’s your turn :) .

There's 8 Comments So Far

  • YROD
    June 21st, 2010 at 07:43

    Thanks for your great work. I’ve having some problems with Interbase Databases( V.7 Dialect 1) and the Firebird Provider up to Version 2.5 , because i can’t no even connect or any oder do any operation. With the Version 2.1 works averything fine (ok, no EF). What am i doing wrong? This is the message i get: (German:)
    “Der Index lag außerhalb des Bereichs. Er muss nicht negativ und kleiner als die Auflistung sein.
    Parametername: index”

    Thanks,
    Yovanny R.

  • YROD
    June 21st, 2010 at 07:48

    Error Continues:
    “C:\Users\Jiri\Desktop\NETProvider\source\FirebirdSql\Data\FirebirdClient\FbConnectionInternal.cs:Zeile 224.
    bei FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FbConnectionPool.Create() in C:\Users\Jiri\Desktop\NETProvider\source\FirebirdSql\Data\FirebirdClient\FbConnectionPool.cs:Zeile 196.
    bei FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FbConnectionPool.CheckOut() in C:\Users\Jiri\Desktop\NETProvider\source\FirebirdSql\Data\FirebirdClient\FbConnectionPool.cs:Zeile 160.
    bei FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FbConnection.Open() in C:\Users\Jiri\Desktop\NETProvider\source\FirebirdSql\Data\FirebirdClient\FbConnection.cs:Zeile 593.”

    Yovanny R.

  • cincura.net
    June 21st, 2010 at 16:47

    http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/DNET-314

  • Rohit
    October 3rd, 2011 at 19:49

    I am new to Firebird. From your post it seems that Firebird supports Visual Studio 2010 Entity Model? I tried using Firebird with the Entity Model but when trying to update database from model, Visual Studio only displays SQL Server data sources. It is not listing Firebird or any option for ODBC.

    Can you help?

  • cincura.net
    October 4th, 2011 at 09:54

    You, probably, don’t have DDEX installed.

    I suggest to subscribe to list [http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/mailing-lists/], look at history, or later ask.

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