The CData ADO.NET Provider for Parquet implements the ParquetProviderFactory class to enable you to write generic data access code to Parquet through the ADO.NET base classes.

Creating Data Access Objects with ParquetProviderFactory

The following sections show how to use the ParquetProviderFactory class to create objects like ParquetConnection, ParquetCommand, and ParquetDataAdapter 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 Parquet.