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== <nop>OpenLinkGeneric ADO.NET Data Provider Installation and Configuration==

**Review Preinstallation Documentation:** [[ADOPreInstallClientMono|OpenLink Generic ADO.NET Data Provider Pre-Installation Requirements]]

=== Installation===

The  <nop>OpenLink Generic ADO.NET Data Provider for Mono is currently distributed as a single .dll.

Simply download the .dll and place it in the same folder as your .NET application. 


===Configuration===

There is no additional configuration involved, unless you placed your .dll in a non-standard location. If you did not place your .dll in the directory from which your .NET application runs, you need to ensure that your Global Assembly Cache (MONO_GAC_PREFIX) environment variable passes the directory that contains the .dll.

**Provider Name**: OpenLink.Data.GenericClient.dll

**Connection String**: {{{Host=;Port=;SVT=;DATABASE=;OPTIONS=;UID=;PWD=;}}}

**Host** {{{=}}} Hostname or IP address on which the <nop>OpenLink Request Broker resides. The <nop>OpenLink Request Broker is a Multi-Tier server component.

**Port** {{{=}}} TCP port on which the <nop>OpenLink Request Broker listens.

**SVT** {{{=}}} The value must match a [Domain Alias], which is contained in the Request Broker's Session Rules Book. This Alias typically represents the name and version of an <nop>OpenLink Agent. That agent version may differ from the DBMS version to which it connects. Note that advanced users may create custom domain names that follow their own, desired conventions.

**DATABASE** {{{=}}} Target database name.

**OPTIONS** {{{=}}} This field passes parameters that enable users to connect to <nop>MySQL, <nop>PostgreSQL, <nop>SQLServer, and Sybase databases anywhere on the network. It also passes parameters that enable users to connect to any DBMS that does not reside on the same machine as the <nop>OpenLink Request Broker and Agent. [[MTServerConfigConnectOptions|Review Complete Settings and Usage for Connect Options]]

**UID** {{{=}}} Database username.

**PWD** {{{=}}} Database password.

**Example**: {{{Host=192.168.13.142;Port=5000;SVT=Informix 2000;DATABASE=Informix;OPTIONS=ol_informix;UID=informix;PWD=informix;}}}