.NET provider enhancements

The IBM Data Server Provider for .NET contains a number of major enhancements for the Db2 11.5.4 release.

Attention: The enhancements in this topic are included in the Db2 11.5.4 mod pack release, which is available for the following products:

11.5.4 enhancements

The Db2 11.5.4 release includes the following enhancements and new capabilities for the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET:
Table 1. IBM Data Server Provider for .NET enhancements and new capabilities in 11.5.4
Enhancement Description
Code first support for Db2 for z/OS® Support for Code First approach against Db2 for z/OS using IBM Data Server provider for Entity Framework Core.
Note: This support is available as part of Db2 .NET Core 3.1 packages.
.NET Core driver on Microsoft Azure Azure App Services Environment (Linux Web Apps and Linux Docker Containers) support only from Db2 .NET Core driver version 2.2.0.100 onwards.
Leverage new features of .NET core 2.1 The following features are supported:
  • Support for All() and Any() method of LINQ query using IBM Data Server Provider for Entity Framework Core
  • Unique key support for Scaffolding using IBM Data Server provider for Entity Framework Core
Note: This support is available as part of Db2 .NET Core 3.1 packages.
.NET Core Driver support for Microsoft Windows Nano Server Support for .NET Core 3.1 applications using Windows Nano Server containers.
Support for .NET Core 3.1 Support for .NET Core application using IBM Data Server provider for Entity Framework Core.
Db2 .NET Core support on AWS Support for .NET applications using Db2 .NET Core and hosted on AWS is provided as part of Db2 .NET Core 3.1 packages.