Updating to a Newer Version of ADO.NET Data Provider

Updating ADO.NET Data Provider to a Newer Version. The updates to Adaptive Server ADO.NET Data Provider are delivered either through an EBF/ESD or maintenance releases.

To learn about issues updating to the newer version of Data Provider and Microsoft .NET concepts that pertain to updating, see .NET Framework Deployment Guide and .NET Framework Developer's Guide on the Microsoft Developer Network at http://msdn.microsoft.com:

To migrate your applications to the new version of Adaptive Server Data Provider, do one of these:

Create an application configuration file to redirect your applications to use the new version of Adaptive Server ADO.NET Data Provider. See Using Application Configuration Files

Rebuild and redeploy your application against the new version of Adaptive Server ADO.NET Data Provider. Sybase recommends that you choose this step.

Common Language Runtime
The .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) locates and binds references to assemblies, such as Data Provider, in the application program when it executes. By default, the CLR attempts to bind references to the exact version of the assembly that the application was built with.
Deploy Updates to the Data Provider
Review the information to deploy updates to the Data Provider and any issues related to it.

Parent topic: Adaptive Server ADO.NET Data Provider