Using Entity Framework with Oracle - I've long thought that the Entity Framework hasn't gotten a fair shake. Sure, there's some room for improvement but for an out-of-the-box ORM that ships with the framework it's not too bad. One thing has always troubled me, though. I was never sure what kind of traction it had with data sources other than SQL Server. Recently in a project circumstances conspired in such a fashion that it would be pretty darn handy to use EF to access data in Oracle. Turns out it that despite being a little rough around the edges it's very feasible. The Provider The first step is to download and install an Entity Framework provider for Oracle. There are several options out there but the Oracle Data Provider for Entity Framework on CodePlex seems to be...
