The ADO.NET Provider for TIBCO(R) Data Virtualization offers the most natural way to access TDV data from .NET applications. The provider wraps the complexity of accessing TDV data in an easy-to-integrate, fully managed ADO.NET Data Provider.

The provider hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

See Getting Started for A-Z guides on authenticating and connecting to TDV data. See the TDV integration guides for information on connecting from other applications.

The provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB. Code with familiar classes such as CompositeConnection, CompositeCommand, CompositeDataAdapter, CompositeDataReader, CompositeDataSource, CompositeParameter, and so on. See Using ADO.NET for guides relating to these and other ADO.NET features such as batch processing, connection pooling, and calling stored procedures.

You can leverage Entity Framework to quickly and easily model database resources using .NET objects. In Using ADO.NET (Entity Framework), you can find instructions related to EF6 setup and installation, as well as the creation of both model-first and code-first data models.

Entity Framework Core provides a streamlined, cross-platform solution for modelling database resources as .NET objects. Using ADO.NET (Entity Framework Core) covers how to surface TDV data using EF Core console and ASP.NET applications. Additionally, you can find instructions for automatically building data models from data source metadata using reverse engineering (scaffolding).

LINQ queries allow you to query and modify data using simple, strongly typed expressions. For instructions regarding the construction and usage of LINQ queries, see Using ADO.NET (LINQ).

You can use the provider to enable real-time connectivity to TDV within your SSRS reports. Using ADO.NET (SSRS) details provider deploy, the creation of shared and embedded data sources and datasets, and the publishing of SSRS reports.

The provider supports the creation of strongly typed DbProviderFactory and DBConnection objects in order to facilitate connecting to TDV with generic code. Using ADO.NET (DbProviderFactory) describes how to get connected as well as create, configure, and execute DbCommands.

See Schema Discovery to use standard ADO.NET schema collections to discover schema information and other metadata.

The Connection properties describe the various options that can be used to establish a connection.