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I use C#, Visual Basic, Active Server Pages, Visual C++, or another Windows-specific programming language. How does Oracle provide data access?

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I use C#, Visual Basic, Active Server Pages, Visual C++, or another Windows-specific programming language. How does Oracle provide data access?

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Oracle offers a variety of data access methods for COM-based, .NET-based, and Win32/64-based programming languages. Oracle developers can use any one of the following data access drivers based on the Windows programming language employed: • .NET: Oracle Data Provider for .NET, OLE DB.NET via Oracle Provider for OLE DB, ODBC.NET via Oracle ODBC Driver • COM: Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O), Oracle Provider for OLE DB via Microsoft’s ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) • PL/SQL and Java (server-side programming) to COM Automation servers (e.g. Microsoft Office): COM Automation Feature • Win32/64: ODBC Driver, Oracle Call Interface (OCI), Oracle Provider for OLE DB These data access drivers have been engineered to provide superior performance with Oracle and expose the database’s advanced features which may not be available in third-party drivers. Q: I use C#, Visual Basic .NET, or another .NET language. How does Oracle support .NET? What about web services? A: The Oracle database provides optimum .