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

Creating Data Access Objects with MariaDBProviderFactory

The following sections show how to use the MariaDBProviderFactory class to create objects like MariaDBConnection, MariaDBCommand, and MariaDBDataAdapter 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 MariaDB.