Is there Driver for JDBC DataBase connect in VB.Net?

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I am trying to do some database work connecting a VB.Net Client I'm trying to write to a Networked Oracle Database Server. Everybody on the "other side of the tracks" (the IT guys are about 1,000 miles away) is talking in "JDBC" (Java DataBase Connectivity???). I was even given a JDBC string to connect to an 'Oracle Port' the database server. When I ask about VB.Net/Access/Excel connectivity things get real quiet.

From my meager investigations, JDBC is the latest and greatest idea in universal database connectivity(?). Has anyone done any work with JDBC? Can anyone give me some pointers? What can I do with VB.Net?

Thank you for any and all comments, suggestions, and assistance.

I thought that JDBC was only for the Java language. I would have thought that if you are connecting to an Oracle database you should be using the OLE DB Provider for Oracle and the System.Data.OracleClient namespace. I'd suggest that you search MSDN online.