Microsoft has put developers on notice that it is deprecating the ADO.NET provider for Oracle shipped with the .NET Framework: System.Data.OracleClient (OracleClient) as of .NET 4, expected in 2010.

In a significant move for those who develop .NET applications targeting Oracle databases, Microsoft is removing the Oracle data provider from its ADO.NET roadmap. Microsoft said yesterday it decided ...

Relational databases aren't designed to make programming against them easier, but to ensure performance, data consistency and concurrency. Seldom do developers work directly with data in the form that ...

Deferring to other makers, Microsoft will discontinue its own software providing access from Microsoft .Net applications to Oracle databases. Specifically, the company is deprecating OracleClient, the ...

Microsoft would like you to use ADO to access your data, but is it the right solution for you? Follow along with our step-by-step example to learn more about this technology and see what advantages ...