I've been working on a .NET Compact Framework (CF) 2.0 application, and one thing that this applciation needed was access to a local database on the PDA. In addition, I was hoping to leverage some of the MS Application Blocks, specifically the Data Access Application Block, to make things easier and more uniform for the developers.

I came across a library that ported the .NET 1.1 version of the Data Access Application Block to CF: Data Access Application Block for .NET CF. It was pretty good, but there were several things that needed fixing for my situation, namely: removal of OpenNetCF, upgrade to .NET CF 2.0, upgrade to Windows Mobile 5.0, and upgrade of the Northwind.sdf database to the latest version provided by Microsoft.

Here is my port of the original work. I'll post updates (like upgrades to Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0, January 2006) to the blog here, and my web site.