o New version:
"Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=OracleServer.world;Uid=Username;Pwd=asdasd;"
o Old version:
"Driver={Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle};ConnectString=OracleServer.world;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;"
* OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
o Standard security:
"Provider=msdaora;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;"
This one's from Microsoft, the following are from Oracle
o Standard Security:
"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=Username;Password=asdasd;"
o Trusted Connection:
"Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;OSAuthent=1;"
* OracleConnection (.NET)
o Standard:
"Data Source=MyOracleDB;Integrated Security=yes;"
This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later
o Specifying username and password:
"Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=username;Password=passwd;Integrated Security=no;"
This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later
o Declare the OracleConnection:
C#:
using System.Data.OracleClient;
OracleConnection oOracleConn = new OracleConnection();
oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connection string";
oOracleConn.Open();
VB.NET:
Imports System.Data.OracleClient
Dim oOracleConn As OracleConnection = New OracleConnection()
oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connection string"
oOracleConn.Open()
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* Core Labs OraDirect (.NET)
o Standard:
"User ID=scott; Password=tiger; Host=ora; Pooling=true; Min Pool Size=0;Max Pool Size=100; Connection Lifetime=0"
Read more at Core Lab and the product page.
* Data Shape
o MS Data Shape:
"Provider=MSDataShape.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Provider=MSDAORA;Data Source=orac;user id=username;password=mypw"
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