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XML ADO.NET Provider

XML ADO.NET Provider

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Easily connect .NET applications to XML Files data. The XML Data Provider makes this XML Files data look like SQL tables in your applications.
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Powerful XML Application Integration 

  • DataBind to XML data stores using Visual Studio wizards.
  • Comprehensive support for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations.
  • Easy-to-use client library enables developers to easily integrate .NET Applications with XML data.

The XML ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access XML data from any .NET application. Simply use XML Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the XML Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

1-2-3 Easy Steps to XML Integration

Connecting .NET applications to XML has never been easier. The XML Data Provider offers read-write access to XML, through an easy way to use Data Provider interface that every .NET developer is familiar with.

  1. Install CData ADO.NET Provider for XML
  2. Connect & Select Data
  3. Databind!

The XML Data Provider effectively makes XML look exactly like a database to your applications. If you want to integrate your applications with XML and you have ever written Transact-SQL, then XML Data Provider is definitely for you!

Using the XML Data Provider

The XML Data Provider wraps the complexity of accessing XML services in an easy-to-integrate, fully managed ADO.NET Data Provider. Applications then access XML through the XML Data Provider with simple Transact-SQL.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for XML hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The XML Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: XMLConnection, XMLCommand, XMLDataAdapter, XMLDataReader, XMLDataSource, XMLParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access XML data in an easy, familiar way.

More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support

XML Data Provider goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the XML Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table.

Driver Features

  • Fully managed .NET: 100% fully managed ADO.NET libraries supporting .NET Framework 2.0 and beyond.
  • Developer Friendly: Seamless integration with all versions of Visual Studio.
  • Powerful ADO.NET Features: Including support for ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 5 & 6), ADO.NET 2.0, LINQ to Datasets, etc.
  • Replication and Caching: Our replication and caching commands make it easy to copy data to local and cloud data stores such as Oracle, SQL Server, Google Cloud SQL, etc. The replication commands include many features that allow for intelligent incremental updates to cached data.
  • String, Date, Numeric SQL Functions: The driver includes a library of 50 plus functions that can manipulate column values into the desired result. Popular examples include Regex, JSON, and XML processing functions.
  • Collaborative Query Processing: Our drivers enhance the data source's capabilities by additional client side processing, when needed, to enable analytic summaries of data such as SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, etc.
  • Easily Customizable and Configurable: The data model exposed by our ADO.NET Providers can easily be customized to add or remove tables/columns, change data types, etc. without requiring a new build. These customizations are supported at runtime using human-readable schema files that are easy to edit.
  • Secure Connectivity: Includes standard Enterprise-class security features such as TLS/ SSL data encryption for all client-server communications.

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