5 Oracle Data Provider for .NET Entity Framework Core

Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) Entity Framework (EF) Core is a database provider that allows Entity Framework Core to be used with Oracle databases.

Entity Framework Core is a cross-platform Microsoft object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational databases using .NET objects.

ODP.NET EF Core consists of a single 100% managed code dynamic-link library, Oracle.EntityFrameworkCore.dll, available via a NuGet package.

Note:

ODP.NET EF Core does not support Oracle UDTs, REFs, and Object Tables.

This section contains these topics:

• Oracle Entity Framework Core 7 Features

• Application Programming Interface

• Sample Code

• Using ODP.NET Core Classes

• Logging

• Migrations

• Scaffolding Or Reverse Engineering

• Identifier Name Length and Uniqueness

• Using Large Character or Binary Data Types

• Performance Considerations

• Breaking Changes