>I am trying to figure out which namespace to import to gain access to the SQL Anywhere data provider in .NET. For now, I have these namespaces which allow me to connect to OleDb, SQLClient and ODBC data providers.
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>Imports System.Data.OleDb
>Imports System.Data.SqlClient
>Imports System.Data.Odbc
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>If I use ODBC, the parameteres are not properly built. And, loDataParameterODBC.DbType.ToString will always return a string as the data type even if the field is a date or a time.

I'd guess you have some Sybase namespaces available - something like Sybase.data.client maybe?