Find it hard to remember database connection strings in Ado.Net ? You are not alone! Here is an easy-to-use reference of connection strings for Oracle. In Ado.Net we can make connection to Oracle in different ways.
// ODBC -- New Microsoft Driver
using System.Data.Odbc;
OdbcConnection conn = new OdbcConnection();
conn.ConnectionString = "Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=OracleServer.world;Uid=UserName;Pwd=Secret;";
conn.Open();
// ODBC -- Oracle Driver
using System.Data.Odbc;
OdbcConnection conn = new OdbcConnection();
conn.ConnectionString = "Driver={Oracle ODBC Driver};Dbq=myDataBase;Uid=UserName;Pwd=Secret;";
conn.Open();
// OleDb -- Oracle Driver -- Standard Connection using System.Data.OleDb; OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(); conn.ConnectionString = "Driver=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=ServerName;User id=UserName;Password=Secret;"; conn.Open(); // OleDb -- Oracle Driver -- Trusted Connection using System.Data.OleDb; OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(); conn.ConnectionString = "Driver=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=ServerName;OSAuthent=1;"; conn.Open(); // or using System.Data.OleDb; OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection(); conn.ConnectionString = "Driver=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=ServerName;User id=admin;Password=pwd"; conn.Open();