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Re: Connect to an Oracle9i database server

From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 06:08:25 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2003.06.16.06.08.25.730731@adelphia.net>


On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:54:43 +0800, Terry Chan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to ask if I can write a C# application to connect an Oracle9i
> database without having installed the Oracle client.
> Besides, is OLE DB .NET Data Provider or ODBC .NET Data Provider sufficient
> enough?
>
> Regard,
> Terry

Using C#? No, you most certainly can not. Use Java instead, as everybody else. C++ - yes, Perl - yes, Python - yes, Java - yes, C - of course, PHP - yes, C# - a resounding no. Why would you want to write an application in a M$ controlled language? You're trying to prevent Mr. Gates from going broke? Let me tell you, he's in no apparent danger. I thought that there is a sufficient level of awareness around that a vast majority of developers will reject C#? Apparently not so.

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Mladen Gogala
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Linus Torvalds 
Received on Mon Jun 16 2003 - 01:08:25 CDT

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