Simple.Data

What is Simple.Data?

As the name suggests it is Simple framework for manipulation of Data

Coming to what it really is : Simple.Data is a lightweight framework that uses the dynamic features of .NET 4 to provide an expressive, ORM-ish way of accessing and manipulating data without any of the code pre-generation and boilerplate required by other frameworks

Supported Databases

Simple.Data is designed to work with all kinds of data storage systems, SQL- and non-SQL-based. It has very simple, open and flexible Adaptor and Provider models which make it simple to write plug-ins to map to almost any back-end.

The core framework includes an ADO adaptor with a Provider model to access relational database systems. Those systems supported so far are:

• SQL Server 2005 and later
• SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0
• Oracle
• VistaDB
• MySQL 4.0 and later
• SQLite 3.0 and later
• PostgreSQL
• SQLAnywhere
• Informix

Where to get Simple.Data

Via nuGet

Currently, the best way to get Simple.Data into your project is using the nuGet package manager. Install the package for the specific adapter or provider you want to use, and NuGet will install the necessary dependencies automatically. For example, if you are using SQL Server in your project, just go to the Package Manager Console and run:

PM> Install-Package Simple.Data.SqlServer

This will install the Core package, the Ado adaptor package, and the Provider for SQL Server.