What's New in Oracle Data Provider for .NET?

This section describes new features in Oracle Data Provider for .NET Release 9.2.0.4 and provides pointers to additional information. New features information from previous releases is also retained to help those users migrating to the current release.

The following sections describe the new features in Oracle Data Provider for .NET:

• New Features in Oracle Data Provider for .NET Release 9.2.0.4

New Features in Oracle Data Provider for .NET Release 9.2.0.4

Oracle Data Provider for .NET Release 9.2.0.4 includes the following:

• XML support in ODP.NET.

  With XML support, ODP.NET can now:

  • Store XML data natively in the database server as the Oracle database native type, XMLType.

  • Access relational and object-relational data as XML data from an Oracle database instance into Microsoft .NET environment, process the XML using Microsoft .NET framework.

  • Save changes to the database server using XML data.

    See Also: "ODP.NET XML Support"

• Support for PL/SQL Associative Array Binding

  ODP.NET supports PL/SQL Associative Array (formerly known as PL/SQL Index-By Tables) binding.

  An application can bind an OracleParameter, as a PL/SQL Associative Array, to a PL/SQL stored procedure using OracleParameter properties.

  See Also: "PL/SQL Associative Array"

• Support for InitialLOBFetchSize property on OracleCommand and OracleDataReader objects

  See Also: "Obtaining LOB Data"