'licensekey' is an invalid connection string attribute - OracleConnection

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I'm using Dapper and getting this error while trying to connect to Oracle Database

                return new OracleConnection(_configuration.GetConnectionString("CONNECTIONNAME"));

My ConnectionString looks like this:

"ConnectionStrings": {
    "CONNECTIONNAME": "User Id=***;
     Password=***;
     Data Source=MYDB;
     connection timeout=6000;
     licensekey=***"
  },

Does anyone have some idea how to fix it? Thanks

As DBA I have never seen that you can give a license key as argument for an Oracle database connection and there is a good reason for this: Oracle Database licenses are not stored in database or file systems (very different from license keys in Windows). I suggest to try to remove this parameter. — pifor, Jun 24 '20 at 17:27
Check this [link](https://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle/docs/LicensingStandard.html) and more troubleshooting about licensekey is [invalid](https://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle/docs/Licensing.html) — , Jun 24 '20 at 22:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '20 at 10:30

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Please take a look at the Oracle Docs for list of valid Connection String Attributes. licensekey is not one of them.

answered Jun 25 '20 at 10:30

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '20 at 15:16

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