[Firebird-net-provider] Compiling for mono

[Ernesto C. <ern...@gm...>]

Hi all,
  I am trying to port an application using Firebird from Windows (.net 4.0)
to Linux under Mono, and I am having problems with the firebird provider.
  I try to compile it using MonoDevelop 5.0 and could not build the project
'FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient'. I get several errors regarding
EntityFramework, which I resolved defining 'NET_35' in project options
(there are  #if (!(NET_35 && !ENTITY_FRAMEWORK)) directives in several
files, but the project had 'NET_40' defined), but I'm still getting errors
like 'System.Data.Metadata' namespace not found.

- why is the expression using NET_35? does it compile in .net 4 under mono?
- Is the 'Entity' folder usable/needed under linux?


I removed the 'Entity' folder from the project. Now the build stops saying
that

FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient/FirebirdClient/FbCommand.cs(22,22): Error
CS1061: Type `FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FbCommand' does not contain a
definition for `expectedColumnTypes' and no extension method
`expectedColumnTypes' of type `FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FbCommand'
could be found. Are you missing an assembly reference? (CS1061)
(FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient)

Looking at the top of the file I find the definition:

#if (!(NET_35 && !ENTITY_FRAMEWORK))
private Type[] expectedColumnTypes;
#endif

ENTITY_FRAMEWORK is not defined, NET_35 is defined, so the expression
evaluates to

if !(true && true) -> false
so the expectedColumnTypes definition is not compiled.

- is this array needed when Entity_framework is not defined, i.e. in Linux?
if so, the expression is wrong. Or,
- if this array is not needed outside Entity framework, its usage should be
enclosed in similar #if expression (lines 318, 368)

How do you compile the mono dll included in the release?

thanks,

Ernesto Cullen


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