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  • SKU: CRNETSALF


An ADO.NET provider for accessing data of the Salesforce.com cloud CRM and Database.com cloud database through the standard ADO.NET or Entity Framework interfaces.

dotConnect for Salesforce is an ADO.NET provider for working with Salesforce data through the standard ADO.NET or Entity Framework interfaces. It allows you to easily integrate Salesforce data into your .NET applications and integrate Salesforce services with widely used data-oriented technologies.

dotConnect for Salesforce has the same standard ADO.NET classes as other standard ADO.NET providers: SalesforceConnection, SalesforceCommand, SalesforceDataAdapter, SalesforceDataReader, SalesforceParameter, etc. This allows you quickly get started with it and eliminates the need to study any Salesforce data access specificities.

dotConnect for Salesforce is available in two editions:

  • Standard Edition offers a fully-featured ADO.NET interface with local SQL engine, providing SQL-92 support and with rich design time editors.
  • Professional Edition has features of both previous editions and adds Entity Framework support. It provides its own Entity Framework model designer - Entity Developer.

Key Features:

  • Work with Salesforce Data Easily: In dotConnect for Salesforce, the complexity of Salesforce API and SOQL is wrapped into widely known and easier to use ADO.NET and Entity Framework interfaces. This allows .NET developers to immediately access Salesforce data via SQL or LINQ without studying Salesforce specificity. It's powerful design-time editors together with seamless Visual Studio integration allow you to work with Salesforce data with less efforts and less code writing.
  • Entity Framework: Entity Framework offers a number of advantages over using Salesforce developer API directly:
    • LINQ to Entities (no need for Salesforce SOQL)
    • Entity relations with lazy/eager loading
    • No need to post each edited/created object separately - a single SaveChanges() call to persist all the changed objects
  • Power of SQL:
    • dotConnect for Salesforce allows you to perform SQL queries against your Salesforce data. Use SQL statements to work with Salesforce accounts, contacts, leads, contracts, products, campaigns opportunities and other objects.
    • Our provider offers full CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) support and allows you to get Salesforce data with SELECT statements and manage data with INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements.
    • No need to study and use complex Salesforce API, just use familiar SQL statements. You may use complex JOINs, WHERE conditions, etc. - all the SQL benefits, not available with Salesforce API.