Configuration Differences among ODP.NET Drivers

Table 2-9 lists other configuration differences among ODP.NET Core, ODP.NET, Managed Driver and ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver..

Table 2-9 Configuration Differences among ODP.NET Core, ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver and ODP.NET, Managed Driver

Feature Category	Difference compared to ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver
Configuration	The older, traditional ODP.NET, Unmanaged Driver configuration file format is different. The new format allows both providers to share the same format. See "Oracle Data Provider for .NET, Managed Driver Configuration."
Configuration	Windows Registry based configuration is not supported
Configuration Parameter	`Edition` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`CheckConStatus` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`DllPath` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`StatementCacheWithUdts` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`ThreadPoolMaxSize` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`TraceFileName` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`UdtCacheSize` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`UDT Mapping` is not supported.
Configuration Parameter	`UseOraMTSManaged` is not supported.
Connection String	Context Connection is not supported.
Connection String	`LegacyTransactionBindingBehavior` setting will be ignored. It will always be set to the default value of 1.
Connection String	`Statement Cache Purge` is not supported.
Connection String	`Tns_Admin` is supported in managed ODP.NET and ODP.NET Core, but not in unmanaged ODP.NET.
Connection String	`Wallet_Location` is supported in managed ODP.NET and ODP.NET Core, but not in unmanaged ODP.NET.
Connectivity	Connection to Oracle Times Ten Database is not supported.
Performance Monitor	`NumberOfStatisConnections` performance counter is not supported.
Performance Monitor	Performance monitor category name is "ODP.NET, Managed Driver"
Provider Types	Provider Types accept (via constructors) and generate (via `ToString()` methods) only culture-invariant strings
Tracing	Dynamic tracing is enabled by changing the `TraceLevel` setting in the `app`/`web`/`machine.config`. NOTE: For ASP.NET applications, doing so will recycle the application domain.