dotConnect for Oracle is a high-performance ORM enabled data provider for Oracle that builds on ADO.NET technology to present a complete solution for developing Oracle-based database applications. It introduces new approaches for designing application architecture, boosts productivity, and facilitates the development of database applications.

Our ADO.NET Oracle provider supports a wide range of Oracle-specific features, such as Advanced Queuing , Alerts, Pipes, Direct Path Loading , Change notifications, Transparent Application Failover, REF cursors, objects, packages, and others.

Advanced Visual Studio Integration
dotConnect for Oracle provides a vast number of GUI tools that increase your productivity. For example, it includes DataSet tools, such as DataSet Wizard, DataSet Editor, DataSet Manager, provide you an easy way to create and edit typed and untyped DataSets.

Oracle ADO.NET Provider supports advanced Visual Studio integration (DDEX), and provides convenient visual component editors to simplify component tweaking.

Broad Compatibility
dotConnect for Oracle was the first Oracle database provider to support .NET Core and Entity Framework Core, and we work hard to support new platforms and development technologies as soon as they are released.

Oracle support: from 7.3 to 19с, Oracle TimesTen
Visual Studio support: 2008 – 2019
Platforms support:
Full .NET Framework 2.0 – 4.8
.NET Core 1.x, 2.x, and 3.0
.NET Compact Framework 2.0 and above
Mono 2.0 and above

Enhanced ORM Support
dotConnect for Oracle offers enhanced ORM support with a bundled visual designer for ORM models - Entity Developer. Our Oracle ADO.NET Provider supports the following ORMs:

Entity Framework v1 - v6
Entity Framework Core 1.x, 2.x, and 3.0
NHibernate
LinqConnect

Direct Mode
Allows your application to work with Oracle directly via TCP/IP without involving Oracle Client.

ASP.NET
Implements Role, Session State, Membership, Profile, Site Map, and other ASP 2.0 providers.

Performance
Uses many Oracle-specific performance features & optimizations to ensure the highest performance.

BIS
Enables Integration Services to export and import data to/from Oracle servers.

Monitoring
Allows per-component tracing of database events with a free dbMonitor application.

Security
Supports various encryption algorithms, OS authentication, Proxy authentication, Oracle Data Integrity, etc.

Only for V.I.P