The CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Cosmos DB implements the CosmosDBProviderFactory class to enable you to write generic data access code to Azure Cosmos DB through the ADO.NET base classes.

Creating Data Access Objects with CosmosDBProviderFactory

The following sections show how to use the CosmosDBProviderFactory class to create objects like CosmosDBConnection, CosmosDBCommand, and CosmosDBDataAdapter in a generic way.

Register and Configure DbConnections

Register the provider to the configuration context and define the DbProviderFactory and DbConnection objects. See Creating DbConnections for a guide.

Querying Using DbCommands

Executing DbCommands describes how to use an existing DbProviderFactory and DbConnection object to execute queries to Azure Cosmos DB.