IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio

Release Notes: Version 9.7

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The IBM® Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7 add support for DB2® Version 9.7 for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows®, and UniVerse 10.3; support for new Informix Dynamic Server data types; and support for running DB2 SQL statements statically in .NET applications.

IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7 supports the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET and the IBM DB2 Data Provider for .NET Framework 2.0.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for the IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7 include:

Key new features in IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7

The new features in the IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7 enable developers to reduce development time and develop .NET applications for the entire DB2 server family, as well as for Informix Dynamic Server, and UniData and UniVerse servers by using Microsoft Visual Studio as their integrated development environment. The following list summarizes the new features:

The IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7 support the following database servers:

Availability of features and data type compatibility depends on the data server that you use. For example, Informix Dynamic Server, UniData, and UniVerse data servers do not support the XML data type.

Issues and limitations

The IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7 issues and limitations are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base on the support pages for the individual data servers. The following links launch customized queries of the live Support knowledge base:

Support

Support for the IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, Version 9.7 is provided in the developerWorks® .NET forum. This forum is monitored by the developers of the IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio, the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET, and the IBM DB2 Data Provider for .NET Framework 2.0. This team of IBM developers is looking to interact with you and is extremely interested in any and all feedback or suggestions for inclusion into upcoming drops and releases of the IBM Data Provider and Add-Ins tools for Visual Studio and .NET.

Help make this a successful form of communication and feedback to the IBM developers by actively engaging in the developerWorks .NET forum.