Using Entity Framework
Creating EF 6 Models from the Designer and Code
The CData ADO.NET Provider for DB2 includes an Entity Framework 6 (EF6) provider. The following sections show how to build an EF data model that surfaces access to DB2 tables.
Register the EF6 Provider
Before a data model can be defined, it is necessary to first register the EF6 provider in the target application. See Using EF 6 to set up a project.Model-First
The included EF6 provider can be used to derive database objects from live DB2 data. Model-First Approach shows how to generate a model using schema introspection.
Code-First
The code-first approach gives developers granular control over the data exposed in the data model. Code-First Approach shows how to manually define the entity definitions.