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I am curious as to what the .NET provider provides.
The .NET provider provides a pure managed-code path to the iSeries. It's a true .NET class library so you're never "thunking" out of .NET code. The ODBC .NET provider is itself managed code, but remember, it has to reach down to the database-specific ODBC driver which isn't managed code. For the Java folks, the .NET provider is effectively a type-4 provider while the ODBC provider is Type-1. Basically, the .NET provider natively "understands" the .NET data model (connections, commands, datareaders, dataview, etc.) while the ODBC provider is a bridge between the newer .NET model and the older ODBC model. -Walden
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