title: Use an Oracle database with forms authentication in an MVC3 application
body: <p>I've written a simple MVC3 application and followed a tutorial on how to set up authenticated users. The tutorial used a SQL server Express database. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Is it possible to use an Oracle database instead of SQL server?</strong></p>
  
  <p>Is it just a case of changing the connection string in the web.config to point at the Oracle database... or is it a bit more in-depth than that?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;connectionStrings&gt;
          &lt;add name="ApplicationServices" 
               connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated     Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true"
               providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /&gt;
  &lt;/connectionStrings&gt;
  </code></pre>