In Detail

The Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) features optimized data access to the Oracle database from a .NET environment and allows developers to take advantage of advanced Oracle database functionality, including Real Application Clusters, XML DB, and advanced security. It can be used from any .NET language, including C# and VB.NET.

This book is a practical guide that will give you the in-depth information you need to work with the Oracle 10g v10.2 database from Visual Studio .NET 2005, using the Oracle Developer Tools and ODP.NET.

After introducing ODP.NET, we move on to dealing with SQL, PL/SQL, and XML DB using ODP.NET. Next we look at application development with ODP.NET: Web Applications, Web Services, and Mobile Applications. The last chapter covers Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio .NET. All the code examples are in Visual Basic.NET 2005.

What you will learn from this book?
* Different ways of Connecting to Oracle databases using ODP.NET (including Single Sign-on)
* Executing SQL queries and commands using ODP.NET
* Working with PL/SQL blocks, stored procedures, stored functions, packages, and REF CURSORs
* Working with Large Objects like BFILE, BLOB, and CLOB using ODP.NET
* Working with XML and XMLDB
* Application development using ODP.NET
* Database change notifications and Asynchronous programming
* Developing Web Applications using ASP.NET and ODP.NET
* Reporting (including charts) using ASP.NET and ODP.NET
* Developing XML Web Services using ODP.NET
* Developing applications for Smart Client devices (like Pocket PC)
* Using Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2005
* Creating and debugging PL/SQL stored procedures from Visual Studio 2005
* Creating and Deploying .NET CLR stored procedures in Oracle database using Visual Studio 2005