dotConnect for Oracle Compatibility
Oracle Compatibility
dotConnect for Oracle supports Oracle servers 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i, 8.0 and 7.3, including
Personal and Express editions. dotConnect for Oracle supports both x86 and x64 versions
of the following Oracle clients: 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i and 8.0.
For Entity Framework and LinqConnect dotConnect for Oracle supports Oracle servers 9i
and higher.
Framework Compatibility
The provider works with:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5
- Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and above
- Mono version 2.0 and above
dotConnect for Oracle is compatible with ADO.NET Entity Framework v1, v4.x and v5 (Oracle
server 9.2.0.4 or higher is required for Entity Framework).
IDE Compatibility
dotConnect for Oracle and can be used with the following development environments:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
- Embarcadero Delphi Prism
- CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
There are some limitations in Express Editions of Visual Studio. The following features
are not available: provider add-in, automatic toolbox components registration and
DDEX integration. As an exclusion, Visual Web Developer
supports DDEX features.
dotConnect for Oracle supports
Visual Studio Lightswitch 2011 and 2012.
RAD Studio 2007 is supported in run time only as these environments have no WinForms
designers.
Devart Data Providers Compatibility
Since Devart data providers use a common assembly (Devart.Data.dll), it is necessary
to make sure that all installed data providers are compatible.
dotConnect for Oracle can be used together with dotConnect
Universal that provides universal access to different databases within a single
code.
OraDeveloper Tools Compatibility
The current version of dotConnect for Oracle is compatible with OraDeveloper Tools
2.60. OraDeveloper Tools supports Visual Studio 2005, 2008 and 2010.