2.11 Configuration differences between ODP.NET, Managed Driver and ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver

Table 2-9 lists other configuration differences between ODP.NET, Managed Driver and ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver.

Table 2-9 Configuration Differences between ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver and ODP.NET, Managed Driver

Feature Category	Difference compared to ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver
Configuration	The older, traditional ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver configuration file format is different. The new format allows both providers to share the same format. See "Oracle Data Provider for .NET, Managed Driver Configuration."
Configuration	ConfigSchema.xsd file, shipped with ODP.NET, Managed Driver (when included as part of the schema (XML->Schemas) in Visual Studio) enables app.config intelli-sense.
Configuration	Windows Registry based configuration is not supported
Configuration	Oracle High Availability (HA) & Oracle RAC Load Balancing (RLB) notifications use Oracle Notification Service (ONS). Thus, to use HA or RLB, configure database and client to use ONS, rather than Oracle Database Advanced Queuing (AQ). Note that Continuous Query Notification will continue to use AQ.
Configuration Parameter	Edition is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	CheckConStatus is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	DllPath is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	SatementCacheWithUdts is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	ThreadPoolMaxSize is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	TraceFileName is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	UdtCacheSize is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	UDT Mapping is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	UseManagedDTC is supported by ODP.NET, Managed Driver only.
Configuration Parameter	UseOraMTSManaged is not supported.
Connection String	Context Connection is not supported.
Connection String	LegacyTransactionBindingBehavior setting will be ignored. It will always be set to the default value of 1.
Connection String	Promotable Transaction setting will be ignored. It will always be set to promotable and always support promotions.
Connection String	Statement Cache Purge is not supported.
Connectivity	Connection to Oracle Times Ten Database is not supported.
Performance Monitor	NumberOfStatisConnections performance counter is not supported.
Performance Monitor	Performance monitor category name is "ODP.NET, Managed Driver"
Provider Types	Provider Types accept (via constructors) and generate (via ToString() methods) only culture-invariant strings
Tracing	Dynamic tracing is enabled by changing the TraceLevel setting in the app/web/machine.config. NOTE: For ASP.NET applications, doing so will recycle the application domain.