Microsoft SQL linked server to Oracle data not updating

I need to pull data from an Oracle database running on a remote machine and use it on my sql server instance. I need to check these tables periodically for updated or new records.

I have created a linked server connection to the oracle db. I am able to select data from tables using the following syntax.

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(CUSTOMER_HOST, 'SELECT * FROM dc_15.MISSIONPLAN')

This works, I get the data I expect. However I noticed when the data on the remote server changes (adding, removing or modifying records) the changes aren't selected. The same data is pulled as before. If I alter the table on the oracle db, and run the select again, I get the most recent data. However now the data seems to be frozen again in this state, unless I alter the table again.

Is there some sort of refresh I'm supposed to invoke on the sql server side? Or is there something I need to have triggered on the oracle db to say the data has been updated?

To interface with the DBs I'm using Miscrosoft SQL Server Management Studio, and Oracle SQL Developer.

I feel really stupid for not thinking about this earlier. I'm so used to SQL Management Studio not requiring changes to be committed. I also thought that the changes were being committed on oracle, because my select statements reflected the changes made.

I found the solution to my problem was upon changing data in Oracle SQL Developer I needed to explicitly

commit;

Now the updated data is available through my linked server.

StackExchange Database Administrators Q#102487, answer score: 2