How to properly close ODP.net connection : dispose() or close()?

Question

this is my powershell code :

[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile(\"C:\\DLL\\Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.dll\")
$OracleConnexion = New-Object Oracle.Ma         


        

Answer 1

Close closes the connection and allows you to reopen it again.

Dispose closes the connection if it hasn't been closed and also disposes of it so you can't reopen it again.

Use dispose - dispose frees up memory of a resource, if that resource is open, then a well behaved .dispose method will close the resource.

Dispose() vs. Close() with ConnectionPooling: https://community.oracle.com/thread/165664?start=0&tstart=0