A practical guide for developers working with the Oracle Data Provider for .NET and the Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2005 has today been published by Packt.  The book is designed to provide in-depth information users need to work with the Oracle 10g v10.2 database from Visual Studio .NET 2005, using the Oracle Developer Tools and ODP.NET.

The Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) features optimized data access to the Oracle database from a .NET environment and allows developers to take advantage of advanced Oracle database functionality, including Real Application Clusters, XML DB, and advanced security. It can be used from any .NET language, including C# and VB.NET.

ODP.NET Developer’s Guide is a practical guide for developers working with the Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) using VB.NET. From introducing ODP.NET and programming with ODP.NET to application development using ODP.NET and on to discussing Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2005, this book covers the important aspects of  ODP.NET.

The book is written for professional .NET developers who need to work with, and take full advantage of, Oracle Database 10g using Visual Studio 2005. Developers are expected to be familiar with Visual Basic.NET 2005 and have minimum knowledge of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL.

ODP.NET Developer’s Guide is written by Jagadish Chatarji Pulakhandam and Sunitha Paruchuri and is out now. For more information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/ODP-dot-net-oracle-data-provider/book

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