Connect .NET Apps to Oracle Database

Connect .NET Apps to Oracle Database 

November 24, 2023

dotConnect for Oracle by Devart makes it easy to integrate your application with the newest iteration of Oracle Database.

dotConnect for Oracle is a high-performance ADO.NET data provider and Object Relational Mapping (ORM) enabled data provider for Oracle databases. It provides a complete solution for developing Oracle-based database applications, offering a range of features that enhance productivity and simplify the development process.

Version 10.2.0 adds support for Oracle Database 23c, meaning you can now connect your .NET applications to the latest version of Oracle's popular database. Oracle Database 23c empowers developers with simplified AI integration and enhances its converged database capabilities, while maintaining its reputation for high availability, performance, and security.

dotConnect for Oracle 10.2.0

Released: Nov 16, 2023

Updates in 10.2.0

Features

• Added support for Oracle 23c.
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 Preview is now supported.

Entity Framework support

• Entity Framework Core 7.0.10 is now supported.
• Entity Framework Core 6.0.21 is now supported.
• Changed behavior: No additional connection is opened to the database before the first query in EF Core when config.Workarounds.ProviderManifestToken is set explicitly.

Fixes

• Fixed the error during installation on the 32-bit version of Windows.

Entity Framework support

• Fixed the bug running LINQ queries to Oracle Server 11.2 and below in EF Core 5/6/7.
• Fixed the bug with a redundant requirement to register UseNetTopologySuite, when it is not used, in EF Core 7.
• Fixed the bug generating invalid SQL when filtering on a boolean property in the Where clause of LINQ query in EF Core 5/EF Core 6/EF Core 7.
• Fixed the bug using the Any clause of LINQ query in EF Core 7.
• Fixed the bug throwing Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.ManyServiceProvidersCreatedWarning by the UseOracle(DbConnection connection) extension method of DbContextOptionsBuilder in EF Core 6 and EF Core 7.
• Fixed the bug using custom converters in mapping in EF Core 3 and higher.
• Fixed the bug using the same __EFMigrationsHistory table by several contexts in EF Core Code-First Migrations.

Entity Developer

• Fixed the bug detecting NUMBER(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 as function-based column default value in EF Core Model.
• Fixed the bug detecting the numeric default value of string columns as function-based column default value in EF Core Model.