ASE ADO.NET Data Provider is an ADO.NET provider for the Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) database. It allows you to access data in ASE using any language supported by .NET, such as C#, Visual Basic .NET, C++ with managed extension, and J#.
ASE ADO.NET Data Provider is a .NET common language runtime (CLR) assembly. This assembly is simply a class library. It contains all the required sets of classes that provide functionality for all the ADO.NET interfaces.
All the classes are managed code and accessible from any managed client code. For example, the client code can be written in C#, Visual Basic .NET, C++ with managed extension, or J#. This inter-language communication is provided by the Microsoft .NET framework.�
Some key benefits to using ASE ADO.NET Data Provider are:
ASE ADO.NET Data Provider is faster than the OLE DB provider.
In the .NET environment, ASE ADO.NET Data Provider provides native access to ASE. Unlike other supported providers, it communicates directly with ASE and does not require bridge technology.
