Entity Framework ADO.NET provider for Intersystems Caché database

Question

Dear all,

Whether ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 has a provider for Intersystems Caché database?

 

Regards,

Ajay Jadhav

Answer 1

Hello Ajay,

Welcome to MSDN Forum and thank you for posting here. I am Jackie.

Though I don’t have the environment to reappear your problem and test it work or not, I still can give you an advice about the provider. I think you can use the ODBC Provider because I find this document:

http://www.connectionstrings.com/cache

Hope it can help, and if anything is unclear, please free feel to let us know.

 

Thank you for your understanding and support.

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Answer 2

Ajay and Jackie,

Have you found an answer to your question yet? I have exactly the same question. What Jackie has suggested does work if you just want to connect to Cache using ADO.Net connection ODBC features. However to generate a ADO.Net Entity Data Model the IDE wizard does not even show support to ODBC drivers.

I found this,

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/adodotnetentityframework/thread/5FEAA6B4-B71A-4782-8A6C-ED6A02DC7687

Questions

1. Same as Ajay, ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 has a provider for Intersystems Caché database?

2. Once we find a provider, how do I make the ODBC appear in the wizard when choosing a connection in the ADO.Net Entity Data Model wizard?