Connecting to Oracle Database through C#?

Question

I need to connect to a Oracle DB (external) through Visual Studio 2010. But I dont want to install Oracle on my machine. In my project I referenced: System.Data.Ora

Answer 1

First off you need to download and install ODP from this site http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/index-085163.html

After installation add a reference of the assembly Oracle.DataAccess.dll.

Your are good to go after this.

using System; 
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client; 

class OraTest
{ 
    OracleConnection con; 
    void Connect() 
    { 
        con = new OracleConnection(); 
        con.ConnectionString = "User Id=;Password=;Data Source="; 
        con.Open(); 
        Console.WriteLine("Connected to Oracle" + con.ServerVersion); 
    }

    void Close() 
    {
        con.Close(); 
        con.Dispose(); 
    } 

    static void Main() 
    { 
        OraTest ot= new OraTest(); 
        ot.Connect(); 
        ot.Close(); 
    } 
}