A simple-ish first patch might be to embed a providers.config into the assembly and implement the functionality described in this documentation from DbProviderFactory:
/// <summary> /// Gets the IDbProvider given an identifying name. /// </summary> /// <remarks> /// Familiar names for the .NET 2.0 provider model are supported, i.e. /// System.Data.SqlClient. Refer to the documentation for a complete /// listing of supported DbProviders and their names. /// </remarks> /// <param name="providerInvariantName">Name of the provider invariant.</param> /// <returns>An IDbProvider</returns> public IDbProvider GetDbProvider(string providerInvariantName) such that someone can simply use "ibatis.sqlServer2.0" without having to worry about a providers.config in their project. Add a static constructor to DbProviderFactory and load in all the built-in providers there? ________________________________ From: Clinton Begin <clinton.be...@gmail.com> To: user-cs@ibatis.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:35:52 PM Subject: iBATIS.NET Welcomes Michael McCurrey as Committer Welcome Aboard Michael! Clinton
