> Hi,
>
> I can connect from VB.NET 2008 a database with DMO, SMO... but all of
> these connections are linking up the app to one defined database structure.
> I would like to have more independence on that layer. Is there a way to
> handle it free, so that I have one class or connection string to set up
> the database when I want to change these database connection.
>
> I do not want to define the meaning of "independence of database" now,
> what I am looking for is might be more simple. I do not want to come
> really close to an database itself, so neither SQL2005/2008 assemblies
> nor anything else of such abstractions. All what I look for is a simple
> way of reading data from "free to choose" data sources (DQL) and also
> manipulate these data (DML). No further abstractions like select,
> insert, delete, update.
>
> By looking in msdn I found the class DbProviderFactory from ADO.NET.
> Does anyone here have experience with that way to connect databases or
> might be an alternative?
>
> Thanks for reading
>   Robert