dotConnect for Oracle Features

General usability

  • Direct access to server data. dotConnect for Oracle can be used without Oracle Client Software.
  • Real RAD for database applications
  • Fully compliant with ADO.NET
  • 100% managed code
  • Highly usable design time support
  • Easy to deploy

Network and connectivity

  • In Direct mode does not require Oracle Client Software and works directly through TCP/IP
  • Both connected and disconnected data access models
  • Support for setting connection timeout values for Direct mode
  • OS authentication
  • DBA privileges to open a session with
  • Proxy Authentication support
  • Unicode connections

Compatibility

  • Full support of the latest versions of Oracle, including Personal and Express editions
  • Support for all versions of Oracle Clients, including Instant Client
  • Full support for x64 architecture
  • .NET Compact Framework support
  • Mono Framework support
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010 Release Candidate support
  • CodeGear Delphi 2007 support
  • Embarcadero Delphi Prism support
  • SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Solutions support
  • Publisher policy files for versions compatibility

Oracle technology support

Oracle data types support

Performance

  • High overall performance
  • Intelligent fetch block size control
  • Advanced connection pooling
  • High performance batch processing

ADO.NET technology support

  • Full support for ADO.NET Entity Framework [New]
  • Server enumeration
  • Batch update support
  • Extended metadata information retrieval
  • Advanced CommandBuilder component with automatic refresh SQL
  • Enhanced pooling control through connection string
  • Connection string builder
  • Provider factory for generating key data access classes
  • Asynchronous command execution
  • Provider-specific types support
  • Password change API
  • Database Change Notification Support
  • OracleCommand execution cancelling support

ADO.NET Entity Framework

  • Conceptual approach to enterprise development
  • High performance
  • Wide support for LINQ to Entities capabilities
  • Wide support for EntitySQL
  • Full CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) support
  • Wide support for server data types
  • Change tracking support
  • Object data caching
  • Inheritance mapping support (TPH, TPT, and TPCT models)
  • Capability to use stored procedures when manipulating data
  • Stored procedure import support
  • Ability to build database-independent applications
  • Visual Studio EDM Wizard support
  • Reverse engineering of database objects to entity model
  • Visual model creation and code generation with Entity Developer
  • Illustrated tutorial to get started with Entity Framework in 5 minutes

LINQ to Oracle

  • Easy to use
  • High performance
  • Interchangeable with Microsoft LINQ to SQL
  • Plain CLR classes used (no need to use a common base class)
  • Full CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) support
  • Change tracking support
  • Object data caching
  • Data binding support
  • Wide support for LINQ capabilities
  • Wide support for server data types
  • Load on demand (lazy load)
  • Database transactions support
  • Inheritance mapping support (table per hierarchy model)
  • Server-independent interface
  • Visual model creation and code generation with Entity Developer
  • Illustrated tutorial to get started with LINQ to Oracle in 5 minutes   [New]

Extended data access technologies and functionality

  • Powerful OracleDataTable component for manipulating individual tables or query result
  • Structural representation and editing of Oracle objects
  • NonBlocking mode allows fetching data asynchronously in the background
  • Fill DataSet with several REF CURSOR
  • Fill DataSet with object, array and nested table data
  • On-demand data fetch for data-bound controls
  • Paginal access to query result
  • Server side master-detail relation based on queries
  • Ability to refresh individual records in OracleDataTable component
  • Support for Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block (DAAB)
  • Object-oriented building of SELECT statements
  • Extended warning and error information retrieval
  • Extended interface for processing execution exceptions
  • OracleDataAdapter.Fill method with sequential fetch support
  • Ability to defer fetching of some columns in a resultset
  • Custom Oracle Object mapping with ICustomOracleObject interface

WinForms-specific features

  • Flexible data binding with DataLink component
  • InterForm technology for cross-form components cooperation
  • Oracle Object data binding Support
  • Global position synchronization within a data source

ASP.NET-specific features

  • ASP.NET data providers: Membership, Role, Session State, Profile, Personalization, Site Map, Web Event
  • OracleDataSource web component
  • OracleCacheDependency component to control Cache item dependencies in ASP.NET applications

Script execution

  • Advanced script execution features with OracleScript component
  • Support for executing individual statements in scripts
  • Support for executing huge scripts stored in files with dynamic loading
  • Ability to use standard SQL*Plus tool syntax in scripts

SQL execution monitoring

  • Extended SQL tracing capabilities with OracleMonitor component
  • Support for dbMonitor utility for advanced tracing analysis and control
  • Per-component SQL tracing
  • Optional log output to IDE toolwindows

Design-time enhancements

  • Automatic component registration in toolbox
  • Advanced integration with Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010 Release Candidate, including Server Explorer, Data Source wizard, TableAdapter configuration, Query Builder and configuring web component OracleDataSource
  • DataSet Wizard to create and edit typed Oracle-oriented datasets
  • DataSet Manager to list and bind datasets in the project
  • DataSet Editor to edit dataset contents
  • Oracle Package Wizard that simplifies working with PL/SQL Packages
  • Oracle Object Wizard that simplifies working with Oracle Objects
  • Advanced design-time component and property editors
  • IntelliSense descriptions for dotConnect for Oracle classes
  • Easy migration from MS OracleClient and ODP.NET with Migration Wizard
  • Syntax highlighting and SQL code completion in design-time editors
  • TableMappings editor
  • Convenient instant data preview and management in design time

OraDeveloper Tools main features

  • Integration with dotConnect for Oracle for enhanced component designers and drag and drop features
  • PL/SQL debugger
  • SQL code completion and navigation
  • Visual query builder
  • Database Explorer
  • Visual object editors
  • Database search engine
  • Code template library
  • Security Manager
  • Session Manager
  • Export/Import Wizards

Product clarity

  • Complete documentation sets integrated into Visual Studio and CodeGear Delphi
  • Integration with Visual Studio and MSDN help collections
  • Documentation available as a standalone chm file
  • A large amount of helpful demos in C#, VB, C++, and Delphi

Licensing and support

  • Included annual dotConnect for Oracle Subscription with Priority Support
  • Licensed royalty-free per developer, per team, or per site