LINQ to Oracle is a data access technology that provides a run-time infrastructure for managing relational data as objects. Install this package only if you want to use database model scaffolding using T4 templates (requires Visual Studio or Rider), otherwise you should use linq2db package.
$ dotnet add package linq2db.Oracle.ManagedAlso check command-line scaffolding tool: linq2db.cli.
This nuget package contains database scaffolding T4 templates to generate POCO classes from your database.
You can read about T4 templates options here. Demonstration video could be found here.
Don't use this package if you don't need database scaffolding functionality. Instead of this package, use:
Informix you can also use legacy ODS or SQLi IBM.Data.Informix providers, but we don't recommend itSystem.Data.SqlServerCe providerSybase.AdoNet45.AseClient native provider (not recommended, low quality provider)T4 templates obsoleted starting from Linq To DB 4.0.0 and replaced with new scaffolding utility. We still release newer versions of templates to maintain compatibility with new LinqToDB releases but don't actively develop new features for them.
There are multiple reasons for it:
These are the most significant issues with T4 templates.