How to choose an Oracle provider for .Net application?

Question

I am trying to figure out what is the best way to connect an (existing) ASP.Net application to an Oracle database to read its dictionary information.

There are simpl

Answer 1

Microsoft just announced it is deprecating System.Data.OracleClient.

I think that leaves you with a few choices (at least):

• ODP.NET (free, from Oracle)
• DevArt
• DataDirect

DevArt also has a LINQ to Oracle implementation which could be interesting to you.