Date: Aug. 22, 2002
Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/ManProOracPerf.asp
Source Author or Organization: Gregory Leake, Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft's. NET Data Provider for Oracle provides a method for integrating . NET applications with Oracle 8i and 9i databases.

Data Provider for Oracle enables the use of ActiveX Data Objects .NET (ADO.NET) to access data stored in Oracle back-end databases. This article overviews the functionality of these new data connectivity components, then with code samples and Nile benchmark results compares the differences, throughput and vertical scalability of this new solution against Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding Database (OLE DB) Data Provider for Oracle.

The Microsoft .NET Data Provider for Oracle download requires the .NET Framework as installed by Visual Studio .NET and Oracle 8i Release 3 or later.