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dotConnect for SQL Server

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dotConnect for SQL Server

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  • Latest Version

    dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 5.1.10 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Devart / External Link

  • Filename

    dcsqlserver.exe

dotConnect for SQL Server, formerly known as SQLDirect .NET, is an enhanced data provider for SQL Server that builds on ADO.NET technology and SqlClient to present a complete solution for developing SQL Server-based database applications. As part of the Devart database application development framework, this tool for SQL Server offers both high-performance native connectivity to SQL Server and a number of innovative development tools and technologies. dotConnect for SQL Server introduces new approaches for designing application architecture, boosts productivity, and leverages database application implementation.

Wide Coverage of SQL Server Features
By providing access to the most advanced database functionality, The app for SQL Server allows developers to harness the full capabilities of the SQL Server and optimize their database applications. The software for SQL Server stands out as the set of components with the widest support of SQL Server functionality.

Optimized Code
The goal of dotConnect for SQL Server is to enable developers to write efficient and flexible database applications. The program for SQL Server assemblies is implemented using optimized code and advanced data access algorithms. Components undergo comprehensive performance tests and are designed to help you write thin and efficient product data access layers.

Database Application Development Extensions
The tool for SQL Server has a rich set of design time tools that leverage the development process greatly. Particularly, there are convenient design-time component editors, wizards, and managers for typed SQL Server-specific components, a toolset for live data binding, cross-form components cooperation, and much more. This app for SQL Server integrates tightly with Visual Studio 2008 - 2017 and Delphi.

Both Connected and Disconnected Models
This app for SQL Server combines connected and disconnected data access models in a single SqlDataTable component, which allows you to design the more flexible application architecture and use the full power of data binding.

Comprehensive Support for ADO.NET Technology Features
The app for SQL Server supports new ADO.NET features and technologies as soon as they are released. This includes a base-class-based provider model, provider factories, connection string builder, metadata schemas, asynchronous commands, pooling enhancements, batch update support, provider-specific types, server enumeration, database change notification support and so on. dot Connect for SQL Server will continue supporting the newest standards and innovations of the .NET Framework.

Features and Highlights
  • Direct access to SQL Server within 100% managed code
  • High performance
  • Operates in both connected and disconnected models
  • Powerful SqlDataTable component as all-in-one table data access solution
  • Auxiliary components for SQL scripts and bulk data transfer
  • ASP.NET Provider Model support
  • Extra data binding capabilities
  • Cross-form components cooperation
  • The ability of monitoring query execution
  • Easy to deploy
  • Supports the latest versions of SQL Server
  • All SQL Server data types support
  • Licensed royalty-free per developer, per team, or per site
Note: 30 days trial version. Requires .NET Framework

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What's new in this version:

dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 5.1.10
- NET 8 compatibility
- Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 5.0.0
- SQL Server 2022 is supported
- Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 Preview is supported
- .NET Core is supported
- .NET 5, .NET 6, and .NET 7 compatibility
- The NuGet package 'Devart.Data.SqlServer' with .NET Core compliant assemblies is uploaded to nuget.org


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 4.0.151
- Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 4.0.134
- Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 4.0.0
- Windows 11 is supported
- Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 is supported
- Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.704
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.680
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.652
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.623
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.582
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.568
- Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 Preview 2.0 is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.543
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.504
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.498
- Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.474
- The new command line option /disablegac that disables adding assemblies to GAC is added


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.450
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.430
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.420
- Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.397
- The bug with Visual Studio 2019 integration, when both v16.7 RTM and v16.8 Preview are installed on the same computer, is fixed


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.377
- Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.368
- The SendCallStack property is added to the Devart.Common.DbMonitor class for possibility to turn off resource-demanding logging of CallStack
- The Filter property is added to the Devart.Common.DbMonitor class for possibility to choose events being logged
- The Devart.Common.DbMonitor class is improved: now values of the DateTime parameters sent to the dbMonitor tool are supplemented with milliseconds
- The bug with updating projects in folders below the main project by Upgrade Wizard is fixed


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.334
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.324
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.304
- Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.250
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.221
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.179.0
- Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview is supported
- The bug with using Toolbox component SqlDataSource in web projects of Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 is fixed
- The bug with enabling Devart DataSet Editor in Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 is fixed


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.157.0
- The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported by Devart DataSet Editor


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.142.0
- Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 Preview is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.137.0
- The "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities" feature of Visual Studio 2019 is supported by Devart DataSet Manage


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.108.0
- The integration with Visual Studio 2019 is improved: now the installation detects both 2019 Release and 2019 Preview versions


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.75.0
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.60.0
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 3.0.4.0
- Visual Studio 2019 is supported


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 2.90.2183
- Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate 4 is supported
- The bug with corrupting not Latin-1 characters by Migration Wizard for files with non-unicode encoding is fixed


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 2.90.2154
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers


dotConnect for SQL Server Professional 2.90.2133
- Compatible with other dotConnect providers

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