9.03.2012

Informix vs IBM Data Server .NET Providers

Difference between Informix .NET Provider and IBM Data Server .NET Provider

S.No Informix .NET Provider IBM Data Server .NET Provider
1
Protocol support:
SQLI
Protocol support:
DRDA
2
Informix server support:
Any supported Informix version
Informix server support:
Informix v11.10 or later ONLY
3
LOB (BLOB & CLOB) column size limit:
4 TB
LOB (BLOB & CLOB) column size limit:
2 GB
4
Support for .NET framework 3.0, 3.5:
No
Supports 1.1 and 2.0 frameworks. Limited VSAI windows application support.
Support for .NET framework 3.0, 3.5:
Yes
Supports 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 frameworks.

5
Support for LINQ (Entity Framework):
No
Support for LINQ (Entity Framework):
Yes
6
Silverlight and AJAX development support :
No
Silverlight and AJAX development support :
Yes
7
ASP.NET dynamic data support:
No
ASP.NET dynamic data support:
Yes
8
ADO.NET Entity Data Modeling (EDM) support:
No
ADO.NET Entity Data Modeling (EDM) support:
Yes
9
Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) development using EDM:
No
Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) development using EDM:
Yes
10
VSAI support for Visual Studio 2008, Web application development support, WPF and WWF enhancements:
No
VSAI support for Visual Studio 2008, Web application development support, WPF and WWF enhancements:
Yes
11
VSAI Designers to create tables, procedures, functions and triggers, run procedures and functions:
No
VSAI Designers to create tables, procedures, functions and triggers, run procedures and functions:
Yes

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