About this Manual

This document is written for the .NET programmer developing a SQL interface to a relational or non-relational database to allow SQL access from PCs and other platforms using Microsoft OLE DB, ODBC and  ADO.NET compliant interfaces and Sun Microsystems JDBC compliant interface.

This document provides detailed description of Application Programming Interface exposed to the IP developer for using the facilities of the Database Access Manager (DAM) and the methods the interface provider implements.  This is a companion document to the OpenAccess SDK Programmer’s Guide and the OpenAccess SDK Programmer’s Reference.  It includes details specific to developing an Interface Providers in Microsoft .NET.

Specifically, this document covers the following topics:

·          methods the IP must implement

·          methods of the Database Access Manager (DAM)

This document is divided into 3 chapters.  Chapter 1 is an overview of devloping a local or a client/server driver in .NET.  Chapter 2 lists the methods the IP exposes to the DAM.  Chapter 3 lists methods that an IP uses when interacting with the DAM. 

Please refer to the OpenAccess SDK Programmer’s Guide for details on the operations of OpenAccess and how to write and IP.

Notation Convention

The courier font is used for system-dependent keywords and commands to be typed by the user.  The pipe character ‘|’ is used as a shortcut notation and separator between menus, sub-menus, and items.  As an example:  ‘File | Open’ means the Open option from the File menu.

Getting Technical Support

Technical support is available by telephone and Email.  Please provide the OpenAccess product version and the platform you are running on when calling/writing for technical support.