IBM Data Server Provider for .NET enhancements

The IBM Data Server Provider for .NET contains a number of major enhancements for the Db2 11.5 base product, its mod packs, and its fix packs. Each fix pack for a release is cumulative; that is, a particular fix pack contains the enhancements and new features that were included in previous fix packs.

11.5 enhancements

The Db2 11.5 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
Enhancement	Description
Db2 .Net EF Core	Code First support for EF Core.
Microsoft Entity Framework 2.1	Support for Microsoft Entity Framework 2.1.
IBM Data Server Driver for ADO.Net	Support for Code First on Microsoft Azure using EntityFramework 6.0.
Visual Studio Code Extension for Db2	Support for Visual Studio Code Extension for Db2.