do you recommend Direct=true?

joeu · Post by **joeu** » Tue 04 Jan 2011 13:02

do you recommend Direct connections?
What are the pros?
what are the cons?
Are you answers the same if using the Entity Framework?

Thanks
Joe

StanislavK · Post by **StanislavK** » Tue 04 Jan 2011 18:01

The main advantage of using the Direct connection mode is that you don't need the Oracle client software. However, the Direct mode has several limitations concerning using advanced Oracle features. For the detailed information about the Direct mode, please refer to the corresponding topic of our documentation:
http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle ... tMode.html

mas · Post by **mas** » Mon 10 Jan 2011 09:09

If you are using TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE columns, you might experience inconsistent behaviour with respect to the timezone offset, depending on if you use Direct mode or not.

I posted the issue here: http://www.devart.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19911

We use Entity Framework, and so far, we have not run into any limitations of Direct mode, it works great besides the said issue.