[Mono-list] Best way for connecting to a Database

[Alex]

Hi,

You could consider NHibernate. AFAIK it runs on both Windows/Linux
under MS.NET/Mono. Plus, it supports MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc...
That is, if you want an ORM.

Regards,
Alex

2011/3/28 Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso <francisco at marzoa.com>:
> Thanks Abe,
>
> I forgot to mention before that this application mind to be Open Source,
> so connection to DB should be also based on an OS solution.
>
> On the other hand, I've used PostgreSQL for several years, but MySQL
> fits better for this project. Although I want to give to the users the
> possibility of change database server easily to fit their specific needs.
>
> I think ADO.Net MySQL driver may be a good choice.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> El 28/03/11 20:32, Abe Gillespie escribió:
>> Either use the ADO.Net MySQL driver or you can do something like LinqToSql
>> with Devart's product (I've had great success using it for Postgres on
>> Linux, Mac, and Windows and it's medium price is worth leaving the hassle of
>> DbLinq behind).
>>
>> Disclaimer, my personal opinion: with that said, Pg is a superior database
>> to MySQL.  For a free ADO.Net driver, see
>> http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/
>>
>> -Abe
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso <
>> francisco at marzoa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> What's the best way to connect to a database?
>>>
>>> The method should be portable and run indistinctly on both Windows and
>>> Linux.
>>>
>>> For now I want to use a Mysql database, but in the future this
>>> application may use another database servers.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
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