DataDirect Releases Entity Framework Provider for Oracle

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The DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET Entity Framework provider for Oracle offers:

All features supported with 100% managed code architecture: no need for the Oracle client – ever!
Superior development-time and runtime performance and scalability while using less CPU and memory resources
EDM portability across data sources (including SQL Server) with flexible model support
Automatic context detection to ensure optimal performance under the Entity Framework
Standard EDM context extensions to expose key Oracle features such as schemas, REF CURSORs, and packages
Security and reliability features including Kerberos, SSL, failover, load balancing, RAC, and XA transactions
Logging Application Block support to capture SQL generated by the Entity Framework for database optimization and tuning
Interoperable platform for future DataDirect ADO.NET Entity Framework providers
7 x 24 phone, email, and web-based technical support.

Congratulations to everyone at DataDirect who contributed to the release!

-Elisa Flasko,
Program Manager, Data Programmability

Comments

Anonymous
August 20, 2009
any news for an official oracle EF provider?
Anonymous
September 25, 2009
@Pablo Castilla Pablo - Unfortunately, Oracle has not yet announced anything about their release of an EF provider.
Anonymous
September 28, 2009
After investing heavily in LINQ to SQL and the frustration with EF foriegn keys, Single, etc... I'm going to keep our Oracle solutions free of EF. I have to ask if anything real get built with EF before it was released?
Anonymous
February 01, 2010
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