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programmernovice
programmernovice

Reputation: 3941

Is Entity Framework tied to SQL Server?

What if I want to connect to Oracle, MySQL or even MS Access ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 324

Answers (2)

Ian Ringrose
Ian Ringrose

Reputation: 51897

One of the problem with the Entity Framework, is that Microsoft does not provide “providers” for 3rd party databases it's self. At present I don’t think Oracle provides a “provider” for the Entity Framework, so if you wish to use the Entry Framework with Oracle you have to buy in a “provider”.

Upvotes: 0

womp
womp

Reputation: 116977

No. It uses the ADO.Net "provider" model to plug in a database provider to give access to any third party database.

A list of available third party EF providers is here.

And here's an example of a prototype Oracle provider with source code.

Upvotes: 6

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