OracleConnection Public Methods

OracleConnection public methods are listed in Table 6-51.

Table 6-51 OracleConnection Public Methods

Public Method	Description
BeginRequest	Starts an explicit request boundary when using Application Continuity Not available in ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver
BeginTransaction	Begins a local transaction (Overloaded)
ChangeDatabase	Not Supported
Clone	Creates a copy of an `OracleConnection` object
Close	Closes the database connection
CreateCommand	Creates and returns an `OracleCommand` object associated with the `OracleConnection` object
`CreateObjRef`	Inherited from `System.MarshalByRefObject`
Commit()	Commits the database transaction
DisableReplay	Disables replay on the connection in Application Continuity Not available in ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver
`Dispose`	Inherited from `System.ComponentModel.Component`
EndRequest	Indicates an ending explicit request boundary when using Application Continuity Not available in ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver
EnlistDistributedTransaction	Enables applications to explicitly enlist in a specified distributed transaction Not supported in ODP.NET Core
EnlistTransaction	Enables applications to enlist in a specified distributed transaction
`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`
OpenAsync	Returns a Task-based asynchronous version of `OracleConnection.Open` (Overloaded)
OpenWithNewClientSecret	Opens a new connection using a new Azure AD client secret Not available in ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver
OpenWithNewPassword	Opens a new connection with the new password (Overloaded)
OpenWithNewPasswordAsync	A Task-based asynchronous version of `OracleConnection.OpenWithNewPassword()`, which opens a new connection with the new password. (Overloaded)
OpenWithNewToken	This method can be used to open a new connection by providing the refreshed/updated access token directly to ODP.NET (Overloaded)
PurgeStatementCache	Flushes the Statement Cache by closing all open cursors on the database, when statement caching is enabled
Rollback	Rolls back the local transaction
Save(String)	Creates a savepoint in the database
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
`ToString`	Inherited from `System.Object`
UseAzureTokenAuthentication	Associates the Azure Active Directory token authentication settings with the `OracleConnection` object for use upon the next connection open Not available in ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver
UseOciTokenAuthentication	Associates the OCI IAM token authentication settings with the `OracleConnection` object for use upon the next connection open. Not available in ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver