Re: Moving to Visual Studio??

Gijs,

While the .Net database layer (ADO.NET) can communicate with oracle using ODBC, there is a set of managed classes specifically for Oracle and so performance is there.

I'm not sure what versions are supported - check out the VB.NET or C# google groups.

There will be certain functions where SQL Server is supported - but these are peripheral rather than central to .NET.

I do know other delphi developers who have switched to .NET and are more than happy.

Architect has good XML schema modelling etc.. If you are working for local government then the .net compact framework is useful for mobile apps.

Hope this helps.
Garrett.

"Gijsie" <gijs.de.wolff_at_beheervisie_.nl> wrote in message news:<40b5bb33$0$561$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>...
> Hi,
>
> We are a small company (2 developers, 6 other people) and develop "out of
> the box" applications for local government. Our databaseplatform is Oracle.
> We will stick with Oracle since all out customers will stick with Oracle. We
> develop in Borland Delphi (with DOA-components) and in Borland JBuilder
> (with JDBC). We are now considering to change our main development platform
> from Delphi to Microsoft Visual Studio.
>
> Things that worry me:
> Does Visual Studio always asume you are working with MSSQL.
> Will we have to use ODBC.
> Can you keep deploying simple. (I want to have one exe that can run from a
> CD)
>
> Can anyone please share their experience with developing in Visual Studio
> towards Oracle databases. And what version (Professional, Enterprise or
> Architect) do you recommend. And should I worry about totally different
> things?
>
>
> Thx
> Gijs de Wolff
> Beheervisie b.v.
Received on Wed Jun 09 2004 - 16:26:26 CEST