Add hint to use `:` for Oracle instead of `@`

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
sql
Domain
databases, documentation

Research direction

Open the README section at Limitations and Caveats and review how database-specific parameter syntax is documented. Add a concise Oracle hint to use : instead of @, then verify the rendered Markdown clearly explains the distinction.

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Description

I think, there should be a special hint for Oracle under https://github.com/DapperLib/Dapper?tab=readme-ov-file#limitations-and-caveats to use : instead of @ as parameter placeholder.

I fell over the issue and it costed me literally 5 hours to find the issue...

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