Connections - ORACLE

• ODBC
  New version:
  "Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=OracleServer.world;Uid=Username;Pwd=asdasd;"
  Old version:
  "Driver={Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle};ConnectString=OracleServer.world;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;"

• OLE DB, OleDbConnection (.NET)
  Standard security:
  "Provider=msdaora;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=UserName;Password=asdasd;"
  This one's from Microsoft, the following are from Oracle
  Standard Security:
  "Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=Username;Password=asdasd;"
  Trusted Connection:
  "Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=MyOracleDB;OSAuthent=1;"

• OracleConnection (.NET)
  Standard:
  "Data Source=MyOracleDB;Integrated Security=yes;"
  This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later
  Specifying username and password:
  "Data Source=MyOracleDB;User Id=username;Password=passwd;Integrated Security=no;"
  This one works only with Oracle 8i release 3 or later
  Declare the OracleConnection:
  C#:using System.Data.OracleClient;OracleConnection oOracleConn = new OracleConnection();oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connectionstring";oOracleConn.Open();
  VB.NET:Imports System.Data.OracleClientDim oOracleConn As OracleConnection = New OracleConnection()oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connectionstring"oOracleConn.Open()
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• Core Labs OraDirect (.NET)
  Standard:"User ID=scott; Password=tiger; Host=ora; Pooling=true; Min Pool Size=0;Max Pool Size=100; Connection Lifetime=0"
  

• Data Shape
  MS Data Shape:"Provider=MSDataShape.1;Persist Security Info=False;Data Provider=MSDAORA;Data Source=orac;user id=username;password=mypw"
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