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;"

Note: 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;"

Note: 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;"

Note: 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.OracleClient
Dim oOracleConn As OracleConnection = New OracleConnection()
oOracleConn.ConnectionString = "my connectionstring"
oOracleConn.Open()

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"