Re: [Firebird-net-provider] newbie - trying to Get this to work

[Dick C. <di...@me...>]

I don't really do VB, but I believe the import statement below is 
analogous to C#'s "using FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird".  That being the 
case, the answer to your question is 'no'.  Including the namespace does 
not link the DLL.  All it accomplishes is allow you to type 
classes/members/methods in a shorter form without having to fully 
qualify them all the time.  I think the closest analogy with VB is the 
"WITH" statement.  For example, instead of writing:

FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird.FbConnection myConnection = new 
FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird.FbConnection(connectionString);

you can do:

using FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird;

FbConnection myConnection = new FbConnection(connectionString);

Notice that I did not have to fully qualify FbConnection to its formal 
namespace because I included it in the 'using' statement.  But that's 
all it does -- save you typing.  It is not a mechanism to actually 
establish an association in your Assembly file.  To do that, you need to 
setup a reference under the Solutions Explorer.

Dick


Andrew Goodall wrote:
> Isn't that what the import namespace statement does ? 
> I have that included but it still cannot find the classes, such as
> Fbconnection.
> 
> <%@ import Namespace="FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird" %>
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> In Visual Studio, you would normally include the 
> FirbirdSql.Data.Firebird in the Solutions Explorer's References.  This 
> sorts of binds your application to the DLL.  Maybe you need to do 
> something similar with webmatrix.
> 
> Dick
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Goodall wrote:
> 
>> 
>>I'm using webmatrix free dev-app to do my developing, with VB on the 
>>codebehind.
>> 
>>The error I receive on loading the webpage .aspx is:  Type 
>>'FbConnection' is not defined
>> 
>>which tells me its not finding the FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird class.
>