OracleConnection Public Methods

OracleConnection public methods are listed in Table 7-48.

Table 7-48 OracleConnection Public Methods

Public Method	Description
BeginTransaction	Begins a local transaction (Overloaded) Not supported in a .NET stored procedure for context connection
ChangeDatabase	Not Supported
Clone	Creates a copy of an `OracleConnection` object Not supported in a .NET stored procedure
Close	Closes the database connection
CreateCommand	Creates and returns an `OracleCommand` object associated with the `OracleConnection` object
`CreateObjRef`	Inherited from `System.MarshalByRefObject`
`Dispose`	Inherited from `System.ComponentModel.Component`
EnlistDistributedTransaction	Enables applications to explicitly enlist in a specified distributed transaction Not supported in a .NET stored procedure and ODP.NET Core
EnlistTransaction	Enables applications to enlist in a specified distributed transaction Not supported in a .NET stored procedure
`Equals`	Inherited from `System.Object` (Overloaded)
FlushCache	Flushes all updates and deletes made through `REF` objects retrieved using this connection Not Available in ODP.NET, Managed Driver and ODP.NET Core
`GetHashCode`	Inherited from `System.Object`
`GetLifetimeService`	Inherited from `System.MarshalByRefObject`
GetSchema	Returns schema information for the data source of the `OracleConnection`
GetSessionInfo	Returns or refreshes the property values of the `OracleGlobalization` object that represents the globalization settings of the session (Overloaded)
`GetType`	Inherited from `System.Object`
`InitializeLifetimeService`	Inherited from `System.MarshalByRefObject`
Open	Opens a database connection with the property settings specified by the `ConnectionString`
OpenWithNewPassword	Opens a new connection with the new password (Overloaded) Not supported in a .NET stored procedure for context connection
PurgeStatementCache	Flushes the Statement Cache by closing all open cursors on the database, when statement caching is enabled
SetSessionInfo	Alters the session's globalization settings with the property values provided by the `OracleGlobalization` object
SetShardingKey(OracleShardingKey, OracleShardingKey)	Enables applications to set the sharding key and super sharding key before requesting a connection Not Available in ODP.NET, Managed Driver and ODP.NET Core
`ToString`	Inherited from `System.Object`