title: Connection to Oracle using Oracle.ManagedDataAccess exception
body: <p>I'm using the Oracle.ManagedDataAccess Nuget Package Version 12.2.1100 in my C# (>.NET 4.0) project. Everything works ok in my localhost but on the dev server I'm hit with this exception:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Exception Message: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
    Exception Source: Oracle Data Provider for .NET, Managed Driver</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Now I thought the ManagedDataAcess contained everything I needed. Am I missing something else? Is something else interfering with the package? Do I need to add something else? </p>
  
  <p>Note: there is no <code>&lt;oracle.manageddataaccess.client&gt;</code> tag in my Web.config</p>
  
  <p>Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;connectionStrings&gt;
     &lt;add name="XXX" connectionString="Data Source=XXX;User ID=XXX;Password=XXX" /&gt;
  &lt;/connectionStrings&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I've confirmed that the TNS_ADMIN variable is set within Control Panel but that didn't seem to do the trick.</p>
  
  <p>I then added the tnsnames.ora file to the bin folder and I've got it working but it isn't a long term solution.</p>