does VS.Net Professional 2003 have the Oracle Provider?

[Keith Langer]

I'd like to know if the Professional edition of VS.Net 2003 has the
Oracle Provider (System.Data.OracleClient). On the Microsoft site, it
shows the Enterprise Developer edition as having the Oracle provider,
but not the Professional edition. I'm hoping that since it's part of
the framework, it will be available.

Also, is there a clean way to reference the 1.1 framework Oracle
Provider from a VS.Net 2002 application?

thanks,
Keith

 

[David Browne]

I'd like to know if the Professional edition of VS.Net 2003 has the
Oracle Provider (System.Data.OracleClient). On the Microsoft site, it
shows the Enterprise Developer edition as having the Oracle provider,
but not the Professional edition. I'm hoping that since it's part of
the framework, it will be available.

Also, is there a clean way to reference the 1.1 framework Oracle
Provider from a VS.Net 2002 application?

Why not use the ODP.NET provider from Oracle?

It has better performance, more features, better support, and the install is
bundled with the 9i Oracle client.

http://otn.oracle.com/software/tech/windows/odpnet/index.html

David

 

[Keith Langer]

Thanks for the info, but I'd still like to know if the Microsoft
OracleClient is available. I have an application written in an
Enterprise edition of VS.Net and I'd like to know if I'll be able to
open it in the Professional edition.

 

[Angel Saenz-Badillos[MS]]

The microsoft Oracle Provider ships with the framework, not with visual
studio, so it will definitelly be available. Visual Studio Tool support may
vary across VS versions, this will not impact your code's ability to run.