How to check whether Connection is RDO or ADO?

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I have a vb.net application...Here I connect to database using ODBC data source..Also I use ADO.net dataset to retrieve records..But somwhere I read ADO.Net uses OLEDB As data provider.Then how is it possible that Ado.net can be used with ODBC too...I searched through web but I am not getting exact answer...Please can any1 help me?

Posted 11-Mar-13 20:16pm

Rachna0309

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yogesh parmar 12-Mar-13 2:26am

Hi,
I want three table Country, State, City with relationship between them and all country,state,city data for SQL server 2005.
Thanks....

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Mar-13 2:53am

The question is incorrect. ADO.NET and ODBC are not alternative...
—SA

Rachna0309 12-Mar-13 2:56am

I have connected my database and my application through ODBC..Also for retreiving records to display in crystal report,I use dataset...Is is wrong to do so?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Mar-13 3:02am

Maybe it's fine. It depends...

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-03-11T20:55:00

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Please see my comment to the question, which is incorrect.

Among other ways, ADO.NET can use data provider based on ODBC. Why not?

Please read this: http://www.easysoft.com/developer/languages/csharp/ado-net-odbc.html[^].

—SA

Posted 11-Mar-13 20:55pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov