Should I use System.Data.OracleClient .NET data provider to retrieve data for reports from an Oracle database?

AUTHOR: Stephania Tapela

DATE MODIFIED : April 25, 2018

DATE POSTED: July 07, 2017

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Article relates to	Telerik Reporting
Created by	Stef, Telerik
Modified By	Stef, Telerik
Last modified	July 7, 2017

PROBLEM 
Should I use System.Data.OracleClient .NET data provider to retrieve data for reports from an Oracle database?

DESCRIPTION
System.Data.OracleClient is a Microsoft .NET data provider allowing you to connect to an Oracle database. The provider is deprecated and it should not be used - Oracle and ADO.NET (docs.microsoft.com).

SOLUTION 
We recommend the usage of Oracle Data Provider for .NET/ODP.NET. More .NET data providers and how they can be used for connecting to an Oracle database can be found in Oracle connection strings.

Note: Each .NET data provider has its own specification how to read SQL queries. If you use SQL parameters, please check the valid syntax for typing parameters in the SQL query.


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