Can you use Microsoft Entity Framework with Oracle? [closed]

Question

Is it possible to use Microsoft Entity Framework with Oracle database?

Answer 1

DevArt's OraDirect provider now supports entity framework. See http://devart.com/news/2008/directs475.html

Answer 2

Update:

Oracle now fully supports the Entity Framework. Oracle Data Provider for .NET Release 11.2.0.3 (ODAC 11.2) Release Notes: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E20434_01/doc/win.112/e23174/whatsnew.htm#BGGJIEIC

More documentation on Linq to Entities and ADO.NET Entity Framework: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E20434_01/doc/win.112/e23174/featLINQ.htm#CJACEDJG

Note: ODP.NET also supports Entity SQL.

Answer 3

Oracle have announced a "statement of direction" for ODP.net and the Entity Framework:

In summary, ODP.Net beta around the end of 2010, production sometime in 2011.

Answer 4

Yes. See this step by step tutorial of Entity Framework, LINQ, and Model-First for the Oracle database (11G), and using Visual Studio 2010 with .NET 4.

Answer 5

In case you don't know it already, Oracle has released ODP.NET which supports Entity Framework. It doesn't support code first yet though.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/index-085163.html

Answer 6

The answer is "mostly".

We've hit a problem using it where the EF generates code that uses the CROSS and OUTER APPLY operators. This link shows that MS knows its a problem with SQL Server previous to 2005 however, they forget to mention that these operators are not supported by Oracle either.

Answer 7

Now has a new nuget package, try use it: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.EntityFramework/