[Firebird-net-provider] FBCommand.ExecuteReader and Transactions

[Sw D. <sw...@to...>]

I'm using VB.NET to develop database applications based on Sql Server =
2000.

I wish to try Firebird as an alternative DBMS, using Firebird .Net =
Provider.

In my first test i found that the .ExecureReader method of FBCommand =
need an valid transaction object, while SqlCommand and OleDBCommand =
(from MS Sql Data Provider and Ole DB Data Provider) do not: i can open =
a connection, create a command, assign to a datareader the return value =
of ExecuteReader, without using a transaction.

Looking to the C# source code of Firebird .Net Provider, i saw that =
there is as explicit IF test for the null-transaction.

Is there a reason for this different behaviour ?

Thank you

Lorenzo Ruggeri