Description

dotConnect for SQLite is a high-performance ORM enabled ADO.NET provider for SQLite. It builds on ADO.NET technology to present a complete solution for developing SQLite-based database applications. It introduces new approaches for designing application architecture, boosts productivity, and facilitates the development of database applications.

dotConnect for SQLite is the best solution to use SQLite in .NET Framework and develop SQLite .NET applications. It allows integrating SQLite with .NET data-related technologies, like ADO.NET, Entity Framework, Entity Framework Core and build all kinds of SQLite .NET applications - ASP.NET applications and websites, Console, WinForms, .NET MAUI apps, etc.

Our .NET Framework data provider for SQLite supports a wide range of SQLite-specific features, such as user-defined functions, CEROD, SQLiteCrypt, and SEE encryption extensions, support for enabling SQLite extensions with connection string parameters, etc.

Advanced Visual Studio Integration
dotConnect for SQLite provides a vast number of GUI tools that increase your productivity. For example, it includes DataSet tools, such as DataSet Wizard, DataSet Editor, DataSet Manager, provide you an easy way to create and edit typed and untyped DataSets.

SQLite ADO.NET Provider supports advanced Visual Studio integration (DDEX), and provides convenient visual component editors to simplify component tweaking. It supports Visual Studio 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, and 2008.

Broad Compatibility
dotConnect for SQLite was the first SQLite database provider to support .NET Core and Entity Framework Core, and we work hard to support new platforms and development technologies as soon as they are released. It supports the following .NET platforms:

.NET 5.0
Full .NET Framework 2.0 – 4.8
.NET Core 1.x, 2.x, and 3.1

Enhanced ORM Support
dotConnect for SQLite offers enhanced ORM support with a bundled visual designer for ORM models - Entity Developer. Our SQLite ADO.NET Provider includes Entity Framework provider and Entity Framework Core provider (Devart.Data.SQLite.EFCore) and supports the following ORMs:

Entity Framework v1 - v6
Entity Framework Core 1.x, 2.x, 3.1, 5.0, and 6.0
NHibernate
LinqConnect
Dapper

6.4.190 27-Dec-24

.NET 9 compatibility
Supported Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 Preview
Added confirmation for the execution of stored procedures and functions in the DataSet Wizard
Fixed an issue with applying the license key on Red Hat-based Linux systems (Red Hat 9, AlmaLinux 9, Rocky Linux 9) when the system-wide cryptographic policy was set to DEFAULT
Fixed an issue with the missing Name and Owner properties in the DbCommandBase class within .NET Standard 2.0 compliant assemblies

Entity Framework support

Supported Entity Framework Core 9
Updated support for Entity Framework Core 8 to version 8.0.11
Updated support for Entity Framework Core 6 to version 6.0.36
Updated support for Entity Framework 6 (EF6) to version 6.5.1
Resolved a bug that caused a MissingMethodException in EF Core versions 6, 7, and 8
Fixed a bug that caused exceptions to be thrown by context.Database.CanConnect() in EF Core

Entity Developer

.NET 9 has been added to the list of available Target Framework versions in the Create Model Wizard and Model Settings for EF and EF Core models
Added the "Nullable Reference Types" property to C# Data Transfer Object templates to control whether C# 8 nullable and non-nullable reference types should be generated
Fixed an issue with incorrect One-to-One relation multiplicity in EF Core models
Fixed a bug with the incorrect detection of two unique indexes on the same column in the Update From Database wizard for EF Core models
Fixed an error with code generation for stored procedures when Pluralization=Unchanged in the Model naming rules of the LinqConnect model

Additional Information