Configuration Differences among ODP.NET Drivers
Table 2-9 lists other configuration differences among ODP.NET Core, ODP.NET, Managed Driver and ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver..
Table 9 Configuration Differences among ODP.NET Core, 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 | Windows Registry based configuration is not supported |
| Configuration Parameter | Edition is not supported. |
| Configuration Parameter | CheckConStatus is not supported. |
| Configuration Parameter | DllPath is not supported. |
| Configuration Parameter | StatementCacheWithUdts 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 | 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 | Statement Cache Purge is not supported. |
| Connection String | Tns_Admin is supported in managed ODP.NET and ODP.NET Core, but not in unmanaged ODP.NET. |
| Connection String | Wallet_Location is supported in managed ODP.NET and ODP.NET Core, but not in unmanaged ODP.NET. |
| 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. |