Questions tagged [vendor-neutrality]

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IdbConnection vs. SqlConnection

When I write an app, I use the System.Data interfaces (IDbConnection, IDbCommand, IDataReader, IDbDataParameter, etc...). I do this to reduce vendor dependencies. Unless, I'm doing a simple test app, it just seems like the ethical thing to do when…
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SASS plugin for CSS3 cross-browser compatibility?

Is there a SASS extension that would take SASS stylesheets, find neutral properties (e.g. border-radius) and output all vendor-specific properties for it (e.g. -webkit-border-radius etc) automatically? I don't really want to create all the mixins…
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Vendor neutral SQL

I'm currently working on a project for a web application that may be installed on several different servers with various software configurations. I want to make my application as flexible as possible by allowing the user to have various SQL servers…
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what is the best way to create an vendor independent dal in c# without using ORM?

Currently I have a project that involves two database providers: SqlClient OleDb I need to create a DAL that handles these providers. I was thinking to create a interface like this: public interface IDataAccessLayer { public string…
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.net : Are DataSet and TableAdapters agnostic of database and vendor?

We need the application we are building to be Database-agnostic. In particular, I need it to be able work with SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL. In the future, possibly other DB Vendors will be added to the list. Of course, whatever DB is to be used…
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Single code base for multiple Microprofile implementations

We are trying to do a Microprofile application. As the Microprofile spec is still blossoming, a number of vendors are emerging. Helidon, OpenLiberty, Kumuliz, WildFly and more. It appears each of these vendors are trying to create their own niche…
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Suggest an alternative way to organize/build a database solution

We are using Visual Studio 2010, but this was first conceived with VS2003. I will forward the best suggestions to my team. The current setup almost makes me vomit. It is a C# solution with most projects containing .sql files. Because we support…
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OpenCL development under Ubuntu

I want to develop an OpenCL based application with host code in C, using Ubuntu. But the development packages overwhelm me: $ apt-cache search opencl | grep dev ocl-icd-dev - Development files to build a ICD Loader ocl-icd-opencl-dev - OpenCL…
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Using NDB without AppEngine

Is it possible to create AppEngine-independent applications with Python NDB API? I need to host some basic scripts with database on AE, but I don't want to vendor lockin into the service.
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.Net: how to create vendor independent Dataset, Tableadapters, bindings (DB decided at runtime)

I have a C# Windows Forms application, whose prototype was created on SQL Server (strongly-typed dataset). In its final version, the application must be able to work over SQL Server, MySQL or Oracle. Now I am wondering which parts (if any) can be…
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