OraDirect .NET supports LINQ to Entities.
Unfortunately, LINQ to Oracle is not implemented yet.
We are working on implementation of this feature.
For the current moment no time frame is available.
From tb In Elenco _
Where tb.GRU_DESCRIZIONE = descrizione Select tb
Maybe, the physical field GRU_AZI_CODICE can be the problem due to the fact that in the edmx there isn't...but for other tables this doesn't rapresent a problem!
Try downloading a new build of OraDirect .NET.
There were many improvements and bug fixes relative to Entity Framework.
The issue is not reproducible on the version 4.60.33.