LINQPad - Connection String to my Oracle DB

Question

I just started using LINQPad and all works great when connecting to my SQL Server DB, but now I\'m trying to set up a second connection to my Oracle DB and I\'m getting stuck as

Answer 1

I've just got this working with the latest version of LINQPad (4.55.03) Premium, and IQ (2.1.1.0), as of 2015-03-09.

In our workplace, we use the TNSNAMES.ORA file to connect to Oracle 11g using PL/SQL Developer with entries such as:

TNS_NAME =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = the-host-name)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = the-service-name)
    )
  )

and JDBC connection strings for ColdFusion's connection to Oracle in the format

jdbc:oracle:thin:@
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = the-host-name)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = the-service-name)
    )
  )

In LINQPad's Choose Data Context window, select the IQ driver and click Next...

Provider: Oracle
Connection Mode: Direct (although my workstation has both 32 and 64 bit Oracle clients installed, which PL/SQL Developer and ColdFusion use, respectively)
Server: the-host-name
User Name: your Oracle username
Password: its password

On the Advanced tab:

Additional connection string options:
SERVICE NAME=the-service-name

Clicking Test shows Connection Successful

The connection icon (a cog) in the connections pane then populated with the list of tables.