Any News from the Oracle Entity Framework

More than half a year ago, Oracle issued a Statement of Direction announcing that they will support the .NET entity fram开发者_如何转开发ework with ODP.NET and promising a beta version by the end of last year.

I haven't heared anything since then. Are these plans still valid? And when can we expect a beta version or the final release?

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The beta is due very very soon! Check this site often for the announcement: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/whatsnew/index.html

Christian Shay
Oracle

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There are some third-party solutions such as http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle. If you're looking for something official from Oracle, then AFAIK it's in Beta.

EDIT: The official Beta from Oracle has been released today, look here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/downloads/oracleefbeta-302521.html

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On 28 Dec 2011, they've put a release version of "Oracle Data Access Components" that supports Entity Framework. You can download it from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/downloads/index.html

I have downloaded & installed them and tried on a very minimal program. It works and it seems to work fast. (Much faster than DevArt, "dotConnect For Oracle" tool, I'm sorry to say)