Open Access ORM Support for ODP.NET Managed Driver

[Andrew]

The ODP.NET 12c Release 1 components were released on August 13, 2013 (available here), and I was wondering if the current version of Open Access ORM supports using the ODP.NET Managed driver that was included in this release.  Having the ORM support this would be great as it would eliminate the dependency to install any client tools when connecting to Oracle.  I saw in the roadmap that 12c support will be added in the Q3 2013 release, so maybe this will be included as well?

A similar topic to this one was posted back in December (available here) but the managed driver was still in early beta at that point, so hopefully everything got worked out on both Oracle and Telerik's ends.

[Ralph Waldenmaier]

Hi Andrew,

With the Q3 2013 release of Telerik OpenAccess ORM we have added support for the Oracle 12c database. Unfortunately, support for the managed driver has not been added to the product yet.
I understand the benefits of using the managed driver and will raise the priority on that topic accordingly. Though, I can not give you any timeframe yet, when this will be available.

I hope this information is helpful for you.
Feel free to ask in case you have any other question.

Regards,
Ralph Waldenmaier
Telerik

[Andrew]

Ralph,

Thanks for your response.  I saw you added a new Feature Request for this, which I appreciate.


If others are interested in this functionality, please like/upvote the Feature Request using the link below. Hopefully we can get support added for the managed ODP.NET driver in the next version of Open Access ORM!

http://feedback.telerik.com/Project/114/Feedback/Details/63244-support-for-the-oracle-managed-driver