Microsoft KB Archive/811241

= Info: Visual Studio .NET Designer Tool Supports Specific OLE DB Providers =

Article ID: 811241

Article Last Modified on 1/10/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Designer Tool only supports the following OLE DB providers:
 * Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server
 * Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider
 * Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle

The Designer Tool has not been tested with other Microsoft or non-Microsoft OLE DB providers. Therefore, Microsoft does not guarantee that the designer tool works correctly with other providers. Microsoft does not support any other providers (that are not in this list) through the Visual Studio .NET Designer Tool.

The Visual Data tools that are included with various versions of Microsoft Visual Studio products were not designed to be extensible by third parties, and are not supported in those scenarios. To help Microsoft better plan for future versions, submit any suggestions for features and capabilities that you want to see.

To be part of Visual Studio .NET Integration Program (VSIP), and to submit your comment, see the following Microsoft Web sites:

Visual Studio .NET Integration Program (VSIP)

Microsoft Product Feedback Form



MORE INFORMATION
You can use the Visual Studio .NET Designer Tool to design your application with the backend datasource. With this tool you can create a datasource in Server Explorer, and drag tables and views to create OledbConnection and OLEDBDataAdapter objects. 