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Unicode conversion default behaviour. Not changeable when using string interpolated queries.

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Description

It is not possible to change the default string conversion (nvarchar2) in an interpolated string.

e.g.

 db.Model.FromSqlInterpolated("select ... from ... where key in (... field = {val} ...)")

What I already considered:

Note that field is not accessible in Model.

It would be really nice to globaly change the behaviour of using varchar2 instead of nvarchar2.
Something like:

builder.Services.AddDbContext<DataContext>(
    options => options.UseOracle(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DB"),
    oraOptionsBuilder => oraOptionsBuilder.UserVarchar2()));

This would also allow to be a little more lazy on the column type definition with HasColumnType.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with the FromSqlInterpolated example and review the linked Oracle EF Core performance considerations. The requested outcome is a global configuration option like UserVarchar2() that changes interpolated-query string conversion without requiring field access or repeated HasColumnType configuration.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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