Eliminat Tnsnames.ora in .NET Framework for Oracle

This article deals with concepts of connection string to be used in Tnsnames.ora in .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle.
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Eliminating the Tnsnames.ora

TNSNAMES.ORA is basically a configuration file (SQL*Net) residing in ORACLE HOME\NETWORK\ADMIN directory is used for storing database addresses for establishing connections to them. The connection string given below does not require a system to have a data source name(DNS) for the connection. Hence to omit the tnsnames.ora file use the following command.

Data Source=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=MyHost)(PORT=MyPort))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=MyOracleSID)));User Id=Username;Password=user_Password;

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