Altova DatabaseSpy 2025 Enterprise Edition

The following table lists known ADO.NET database drivers that are currently not supported or have limited support in DatabaseSpy.

 

Database

Driver

Support notes

All databases

.Net Framework Data Provider for ODBC

Limited support. Known issues exist with Microsoft Access connections. It is recommended to use ODBC direct connections instead.

.Net Framework Data Provider for OleDb

Limited support. Known issues exist with Microsoft Access connections. It is recommended to use ADO direct connections instead.

Firebird

Firebird ADO.NET Data Provider

Limited support. It is recommended to use ODBC or JDBC instead.

Informix

IBM Informix Data Provider for .NET Framework 4.0

Not supported. Use DB2 Data Server Provider instead.

IBM DB2 for i (iSeries)

.Net Framework Data Provider for i5/OS

Not supported. Use .Net Framework Data Provider for IBM i instead, installed as part of the IBM i Access Client Solutions - Windows Application Package.

Oracle

.Net Framework Data Provider for Oracle

Limited support. Although this driver is provided with the .NET Framework, its usage is discouraged by Microsoft, because it is deprecated.

PostgreSQL

-

No ADO.NET drivers for this vendor are supported. Use a native connection instead.

Sybase

-

No ADO.NET drivers for this vendor are supported.

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