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Does ODP.NET require Oracle Client installation

June 13, 2023 by Tarik

Alex Keh from Oracle in aug 2013 says: Managed ODP.NET is released. It is currently part of the Oracle DB 12c client. To use managed ODP.NET, you have to download and install the DB client. From there, you can extract just the managed ODP.NET assembly and setup files. These files are less than 10 MB … Read more

The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client

May 3, 2022 by Tarik

Let’s make some kind of summary: Error message “The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client” can be caused by several reasons. You have no Oracle Client installed. In this case the error message is indeed misleading. Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET, i.e. file Oracle.DataAccess.dll) is not included in Oracle Instant … Read more