Our Oracle Db's are Oracle 11G r2,. We use Visual Studio 2013 for development. Is ODAC 12C backwards compatible with the Oracle 11g r2 server? Are there any issues a developer will encounter using a newer ODAC /ODP.NET version than the database it's connecting to?
Found the answer here:
http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/ODPNT/InstallSystemRequirements.htm#ODPNT149
Access to Oracle Database 10g Release 2 or later