Oracle .net Provider dataset function

Simple Oracle connection function.
Function getdata(ByVal conn As String, ByVal q As String) As DataSet

Dim data As New System.Data.DataSet()
Dim OC As New OracleClient.OracleConnection(conn)
Try

OC.Open()
Dim OCMD As New OracleClient.OracleCommand()
OCMD.CommandText = q
Dim ODA As New OracleClient.OracleDataAdapter(OCMD.CommandText, OC.ConnectionString)
ODA.Fill(data)

OC.Close()
Catch ex As Exception

End Try
Return (data)
End Function

pass in connection string and query, returns data.

remember on the
Dim RS as dataset = getdata(conn,q) to handle a empty dataset.