Installing the ADO.NET Driver

The TDV ADO.NET driver installation package for Windows operating systems is named, TIB_tdv_ADONet_<TDV Version>.msi. For example, in 8.6 release of TDV, the driver is called as TIB_tdv_ADONet_8.6.0.msi. Obtain this from the client driver zip file.

Note: The version number of the Nupkg file that comes with TDV ADO.Net driver will not match the TDV version format (For example, the Nupkg file name that is included with TDV Server 8.6.1 is called as TDV ADO.NET 8.6.3). Due to NuGet packaging rules (i.e. <TDV Major version><TDV Minor version><TDV build number), only the first two digits will match.

To install the ADO.NET driver

1.

Make sure Visual Studio and any other interface that accesses the ADO.Net driver is closed.

2.

If an older version of the driver exists, it is recommended that you uninstall that version, before installing the current version.

3.

Double click or open TIB_tdv_ADONet_<TDV Version>.msi. For example, in 8.6 release of TDV, the driver is called as TIB_tdv_ADONet_8.6.0.msi

During the last installation step, the Visual Studio command table is rebuilt to complete the process. This part of the installation process takes a while to complete.

4.

Each user has to install the extension by executing the following file:

TDV_INSTALL_DIR\ADO.NET Driver\Composite.VisualStudio.vsix