<connectionStrings> <add name="Entities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/Entity.ORAEntities.csdl|res://*/Entity.ORAEntities.ssdl|res://*/Entity.ORAEntities.msl; provider=EFOracleProvider; Provider Connection String='Data Source=<OracleServerName\InstanceName>;User ID=<UserID>;Password=<UserPassword>'" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" /> </connectionStrings>