Get metadata for Oracle Database operations in Visual Studio
The Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for Oracle Database provides three Visual Studio components that you can use to help you develop solutions using the adapter.
The Consume Adapter Service BizTalk Project Add-in and the Add Adapter Metadata Wizard are available in BizTalk Server projects. You use the Consume Adapter Service Add-in and the Add Adapter Metadata Wizard to generate message schemas (XSDs) for operations that you want to target in your BizTalk solution. For more information about developing solutions with BizTalk Server, see Develop BizTalk applications using the Oracle Database adapter
The Add Adapter Service Reference Visual Studio Plug-in is available in non-BizTalk programming projects. You use the Add Adapter Service Reference Plug-in to generate a WCF client class or a WCF service callback interface when you develop solutions using the WCF service model. For more information about developing solutions with the WCF service model, see Develop Oracle Database Applications using the WCF Service Model.
All these three Visual Studio components simplify development by:
Providing a Microsoft Windows interface through which you can browse and search for operations that you want to use in your solution.
Retrieving metadata exposed by the adapter for these target operations.
Converting that metadata, which is expressed as a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) document by the adapter, into a form that you can use in your solution (XSD message schemas for BizTalk projects or a .NET object representation of a service contract for the WCF service model) and adding it to your project.
This section provides instructions about how to use Consume Adapter Service Add-in, Add Adapter Metadata Wizard, and Add Adapter Service Reference Plug-in.
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Connect to the Oracle Database in Visual Studio using the Consume Adapter Service
Browse, search, and get metadata for Oracle Database operations