Teradata ADO.NET Provider
 
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Teradata ADO.NET Provider

SQL-based Access to Teradata through ADO.NET for your custom .NET applications and SSAS.

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The Teradata ADO.NET Data Provider enables user to easily connect to Teradata data from .NET applications. Rapidly create and deploy powerful .NET applications that integrate with Teradata databases.

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Teradata .NET Connectivity Features

  • Compatible with Teradata Database 12 or higher
  • Connect to live Teradata data, for real-time data access with the Teradata ODBC Driver
  • Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
  • Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Teradata Connector.

Target Service, API

The driver provides native connectivity to Teradata database systems. Supports all Teradata SQL features.

Schema, Data Model

Models Teradata with full access to databases, tables, views, procedures, and macros. Teradata-specific objects supported.

Key Objects

Databases, Tables, Views, Macros, Stored Procedures, and Join Indexes. Full Teradata object support.

Operations

Complete Teradata SQL support. All DML/DDL operations. Supports Teradata-specific features like temporal tables.

Authentication

Teradata authentication mechanisms including TD2, LDAP, and Kerberos. SSL/TLS encryption supported.

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SSAS Cube
SSAS Cube

Use Teradata from SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) multi-dimensional cubes. Keep your analytical data modeling and access to any source including cloud and on-premises.

Custom .NET Application
Custom .NET Application

The Teradata ADO.NET Provider allows developers to build applications that connect to Teradata using familiar SQL and Entity Framework. Integrate Teradata to your mission -critical applications or create easy side-by-side applications.

Reporting & BI
Low-Code Dev Platforms

You can connect from ADO.NET compliant low-code development tools:

Reporting & BI
Reporting Tools

You can connect Teradata from .NET-based reporting and analytics tools:

Standard ADO.NET Access to Teradata

The Teradata ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Teradata data from any .NET application. Simply use Teradata Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Teradata Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Teradata hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The Teradata Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: TeradataConnection, TeradataCommand, TeradataDataAdapter, TeradataDataReader, TeradataDataSource, TeradataParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Teradata data in an easy, familiar way.

For example:

using (TeradataConnection conn = new TeradataConnection("...")) {
	string select = "SELECT * FROM Teradata";
	TeradataCommand cmd = new TeradataCommand(select, conn);
	TeradataDataAdapter adapter = new TeradataDataAdapter(cmd);
	using (adapter) {
		DataTable table = new DataTable();
		adapter.Fill(table);		
		...
	}
}

More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support

Teradata Data Provider goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the Teradata Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table. 

using (TeradataConnection connection = new TeradataConnection(connectionString)) {
	TeradataDataAdapter dataAdapter = new TeradataDataAdapter(
	"SELECT Id, Where FROM Teradata", connection);
  
	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand = new TeradataCommand(
		"UPDATE Teradata SET Where = @Where " +
		"WHERE Id = @ID", connection);

	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Where", "Where");
	dataAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Id", "80000173-1387137645");

	DataTable TeradataTable = new DataTable();
	dataAdapter.Fill(TeradataTable);

	DataRow firstrow = TeradataTable.Rows[0];
	firstrow["Where"] = "New Location";

	dataAdapter.Update(TeradataTable);
}

ADO.NET Provider Performance

With traditional approaches to remote access, performance bottlenecks can spell disaster for applications. Regardless if an application is created for internal use, a commercial project, web, or mobile application, slow performance can rapidly lead to project failure. Accessing data from any remote source has the potential to create these problems. Common issues include:

  1. Network Connections - Slow network connections and latency issues are common in mobile applications.
  2. Service Delays - Delays due to service interruptions, resulting in server hardware or software updates.
  3. Large Data - Intentional or unintentional requests for large amounts of data.
  4. Disconnects - Complete loss of network connectivity.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Teradata solves many of these issues with support for replication queries that can be used to sync data to local databases, greatly improving the performance and dramatically reduce application bottlenecks.

More information about ADO.NET Provider performance capabilities are available in the included documentation.

Visual Studio Integration & Server Explorer

Working with the new Teradata ADO.NET Provider is easy. As a fully-managed .NET Data Provider, the Teradata Data Provider integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio development environment as well as any .NET application.

As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Teradata ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Teradata data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.

It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Teradata ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.

  • Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Teradata Data Source
  • Configure the basic connection properties to access your Teradata account data.

Explore all of the data available! Teradata ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Teradata data from Visual Studio.

  • After configuring the connection, explore the feeds, views, and services provided by the Teradata Data Source.
  • These constructs return live Teradata data that developers can work with directly from within Visual Studio!

Developer Integration: Databind to Teradata

Connecting Web, Desktop, and Mobile .NET applications with Teradata is just like working with SQL Server. It is even possible to integrate Teradata ADO.NET Provider into applications without writing code.

Developers are free to access the Teradata ADO.NET Provider in whatever way they like best. Either visually through the Visual Studio Winforms or Webforms designers, or directly through code.

  • Developers can connect the Teradata Data Source directly to form components by configuring the object's smart tags.
  • Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Teradata Data Source. Then, select the feed, view, or services you would like to connect the object to.

Done! It's just like connecting to SQL Server.

  • Once the object is bound to the data source, applications can easily interact with Teradata data with full read/write (CRUD) support.

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