SqlClient using compact framework 2.0??

[JPABroeren]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a real pickle here. Using VB.net 2005 we're trying to
upgrade an application for a handheld which has to use the SqlClient
as it did in VB.net 2003, using CF 2.0.
But System.Data.SqlClient doesn't seem to exist in Compact Framework
2.0.
I already downloaded servicepack 1, but that didn't solve the problem.
It actually works if I include the old reference, but somehow I
believe that's not actually any solution, just a fix. But I can't find
anything about this. So is SqlClient obsolete? Then what is the new
standard?

Hope someone knows this.

Thanx,

Joris

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Joris,

How are you attempting to add the reference? If you're starting with a CF 1
app, remove the reference to System.Data.SqlClient, then use Add Reference
to add it back and you should get the correct one.

 

[JPABroeren]

Ginny,

The problem is, that I can't find a System.Data.SqlClient in CF 2. So
if I remove the CF 1 one from the references list, I don't have a
SqlClient whatsoever. Am I looking in the wrong places?
Or has the namespace changed?

Thanks,

Joris

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

It sounds like you don't have a good installation. There should still be a
System.Data.SqlClient namespace in CF 2. Are you using VS 2005 and the Add
References dialog, Net tab?

 

[Ilya Tumanov [MS]]

It's in "Add reference" window, right after System.Data.



If you can't see it for some reason then browse to it. It should be in
"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SmartDevices\SDK\SQL
Server\Client\v2.0\System.Data.SqlClient.dll" by default.


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