MICROSOFT DEPRECATES ORACLECLIENT
Switch to the Progress DataDirect Oracle Provider Now
Microsoft has announced it is deprecating System.Data.OracleClient. OracleClient is the ADO.NET provider for Oracle developed by Microsoft and ships as a part of the .NET Framework. Switching to Progress DataDirect ADO.NET provider for Oracle eliminates application risk and gets better results:
- Rock-solid application stability with no need for unreliable Oracle native client software
- Best Oracle performance by avoiding Oracle native client bottlenecks
- ADO.NET Entity Framework support, as well as other leading Microsoft .NET technologies
Modifying your .NET applications to work with a new provider is hard work so make the most of your time. Download a free trial of DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET, the best .NET provider for Oracle and see how much better .NET to Oracle can be.
Benefits of Switching to DataDirect
| Rock-Solid Application Stability |
DataDirect's 100% managed architecture doesn't require that you install and deploy the buggy, unreliable Oracle native client software (Oracle Client or Instant Client) onto every platform where your applications will run. By avoiding the client, applications that handle hundreds or even thousands of concurrent connections can scale up without problems. .NET providers that require the Oracle Client such as ODP.NET aren't designed for these high demand situations and will fail. |
| Best Oracle Performance |
Whether your .NET application fetches or inserts a little or a lot data, you can be sure it will run fastest with the DataDirect ADO.NET provider. By connecting directly to the database via TCP/IP, the DataDirect provider avoids the performance bottlenecks the Oracle native client introduces. You can also tune the DataDirect provider for any application performance situation - without making application code changes - to maximize throughput while using less memory and CPU. |
| Complete .NET Technology Coverage |
Developing an ASP.NET application using LINQ or Entity SQL (view tutorial) or ADO.NET Data Services (view tutorial) with the ADO.NET Entity Framework? Using C# with NHibernate to access Oracle? No matter what your .NET development, deployment, or data access strategy is, DataDirect will support you. |
| Broad Oracle Version Support |
Don't wrestle with the headaches of trying to support multiple versions of the Oracle database using the ODP.NET provider and Oracle client libraries. A single DataDirect ADO.NET provider for Oracle can support Oracle versions 8i through 11g – even simultaneously in the same .NET runtime environment. Oracle client libraries lock all of the .NET applications running on the same machine to a limited subset of the Oracle versions and limit development flexibility. |
| Access Key Oracle Functionality |
Get support for connection pooling, statement pooling, Oracle RAC, REF CURSORS, stored procedures, connection failover, load balancing, SSL, Windows Authentication, and more. |
| Robust .NET Environment Support – Including Entity Framework |
Develop your applications with any version of the Entity Framework and .NET Framework, and take advantage of seamless integration with Visual Studio, along with ease-of-development features such as Performance Tuning Wizards, application tracing, simplified .NET assembly deployment, and more. |
