his book is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide for using the Oracle Data Provider (ODP) version 11g on the .NET Framework. It also outlines the core GoF (Gang of Four) design patterns and coding techniques employed to build and deploy high-impact mission-critical applications using advanced Oracle database features through the provider. The book details the features of the provider in two main sections: “Basic,” covering the basics and mechanisms for data access via ; and “Advanced,’ covering advanced Oracle features such as globalization, savepoints, distributed transactions and how to call them via , advanced queueing (AQ), and promotable transactions
