title: Vb.net declaration and initialization
body: <p>Is there any difference between these 2 ways of declaring and initialization ? </p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim con as New OracleConnection(connstr)
  con=Nothing
  
  Dim con as OracleConnection
  con=New OracleConnection(connstr)
  con=Nothing
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Update:
  Dim con as OracleConnection = New OracleConnection(connstr) </p>
  
  <p>Is equivalent to ? </p>