Support for .NET Core
As of version 2.0.1, a netstandard2.0-targeted version of FSharp.Data.SqlClient is available.
This means you should be able to reference and use the type provider from a .NET Core application,
with the following caveats and exceptions:
- The type provider is split into two different assemblies,
FSharp.Data.SqlClient.dll(the runtime component or RTC) andFSharp.Data.SqlClient.DesignTime.dll(the design-time component or DTC).- The RTC (and its dependencies) must be available at runtime; they end up in the bin folder
alongside your application's compiled assemblies. The FSharp.Data.SqlClient RTC is available for
both
net40andnetstandard2.0and is thus fully compatible with .NET Core 2.0 applications. - The DTC is required to make the provided types available to your design-time tooling and to the
compiler. The FSharp.Data.SqlClient DTC has .NET Framework-only dependencies (
Microsoft.SqlServer.TypesandMicrosoft.SqlServer.TransactSql.ScriptDom). As such, either .NET Framework or Mono must be installed in order to compile your .NET Core application. Additionally, you must importfsc.propsin your .fsproj/.csproj file - please see more detailed instructions here.
- The RTC (and its dependencies) must be available at runtime; they end up in the bin folder
alongside your application's compiled assemblies. The FSharp.Data.SqlClient RTC is available for
both
- As mentioned above,
Microsoft.SqlServer.Typesonly targets .NET Framework, so you will not be able to use types such as HierarchyId or spatial types from your .NET Core app.
