Update

This method updates the object referenced by the specified REF in the database using the specified custom object.

Declaration

// C# - managed and core ODP.NET
public void Update(object customObject);

// C# - unmanaged ODP.NET
public void Update(object customObject, bool bFlush);

Parameters

customObject

The custom object used to update the referenced object.
bFlush

A boolean that specifies if the changes must be flushed immediately. If bFlush is set to true, this method invocation flushes the changes immediately.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException - The specified connection is not open or the custom object does not map to the type of referenced object.

Remarks

This method marks the specified REF for update. In managed ODP.NET and ODP.NET Core, Update(customObject) has the same behavior as unmanaged ODP.NET Update(customObject, true). Depending on whether the value of bFlush is set to true or false, the following occurs:

True

The object referenced by the specified REF is updated immediately in the database.

Before flushing objects, it is required that the application has explicitly started a transaction by executing the BeginTransaction method on the OracleConnection object. This is because if the object being flushed has not already been locked by the application, an exclusive lock is obtained implicitly for the object. The lock is only released when the transaction commits or rollbacks.
False

The object referenced by the REF is not updated immediately in the database, but only when a subsequent Flush method is invoked for the specified REF or the FlushCache method is invoked for the specified connection.

The connection must be opened explicitly by the application. This method does not open the connection implicitly.