This demonstration uses a series of screenshots and narrative to show just how quickly and easily a DAL and database can be created using ODS and then used in your application. We will keep it very simple for demonstration purposes. You can download and install ODS and follow each step of the demonstration yourself. The demonstration is compatible with ODS running in evaluation mode.
We've packaged up the resulting ODS Solution, generated DAL source code and compiled DAL dlls for this demonstration into a 545KB zip file, which you can download using the button below.
Creating a new ODS Solution
Using the new solution wizard couldn't be easier. Open up ODS Design Studio and click the "New Solution" button. We are creating a solution called DemonstrationDAL. Check the boxes of the database types you would like the DAL to support. If you select MySQL, please don't forget to download and install the ADO.NET Driver for MySQL which can be found on the MySQL website.
