Database Design, "Access Oracle-Specific Features," by Bob Beauchemin
Visual Studio Magazine, March 2003

This is a Visual Studio solution containing 10 programs demonstrating the functionality on the Oracle .NET data provider, ODP.NET. The programs are complete versions of the code fragments in the article. To run the programs, double-click on the solution file to start, compile them, and run each one in turn by right clicking on the project and selecting "Set as Startup Project," and choosing Debug and Execute from the Visual Studio run menu.

You will have to change the DataSource parameter in the connection strings from "ZMV43" to your instance name, found in TNSNAMES.ORA.