CUBRID ADO.NET Driver Installation Guide

Before you start to developing .NET applications with CUBRID, you will need the CUBRID ADO.NET Data provider library (Cubrid.Data.dll). You have the options to:

1. Download the compiled library, along with other files(for example, the help file) from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cubridinterface/files/ADO.NET/8.4.1
2. Compile it yourself from the source code; checkout the code from the SourceForge SVN repository the folder: http://svn.cubrid.org/cubridapis/adodotnet/branches/RB-8.4.1/
3. Use the CUBRID ADO.NET Data provider Installer. This is the easiest and the recommended way to get the driver installed on your machine. The installer can be downloaded from here:  Installer

You will also need:

• A Windows OS: recommended is Windows Vista or Windows 7
• .NET framework 2.x or above (recommended 4.x (http://www.microsoft.com/net))

The CUBRID .NET Provider is 100% full-managed .NET code, and it does not rely on any CUBRID library files. This means that the usage of the driver does not require any kind of CUBRID installation or files on the local machine.

For compiling the source code and the example in this tutorial, you can use Microsoft Visual Studio Express edition – download it from: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express.

If you don't want any complications, you can install the driver by using the official Installer.

If you choose to install using the default options (x86), the driver will be installed into this folder:...Program Files\CUBRID\CUBRID ADO.NET Data Provider 8.4.1.

You can also install it by yourself. Just choose the files you need and copy them to your computer, in a folder location of your choice.

Remember, you can always choose to install the driver into GAC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Assembly_Cache).

The best way to install the driver library in GAC is to use the tblimp tool (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tt0cf3sx%28v=vs.80%29.aspx) and to execute:

Import the required namespaces;