Jet and .NET

[Mike Peretz]

I am a little confused about support of OLEDB for Jet 4. Microsoft removed
it from their MDAC 2.7 package (only god knows why). However, even without
it my machine is able to connect to an Access database using the provider, I
just don't know where I got it from. Is it included with the OS?

What about Windows98, I am trying to get a .NET application using Jet to
work on a plain 98 machine. I installed MDAC, but .NET does not find the
provider. If it is not with MDAC 2.7 how do it get it?

Read some articles and it looks like Microsoft is letting Jet die!

 

[Tim Jarvis]

I am a little confused about support of OLEDB for Jet 4. Microsoft
removed it from their MDAC 2.7 package (only god knows why). However,
even without it my machine is able to connect to an Access database
using the provider, I just don't know where I got it from. Is it
included with the OS?

What about Windows98, I am trying to get a .NET application using Jet
to work on a plain 98 machine. I installed MDAC, but .NET does not
find the provider. If it is not with MDAC 2.7 how do it get it?

Read some articles and it looks like Microsoft is letting Jet die!

The mdac download page has versions going back to 2.1.. I am sure you
will find JET in there somewhere.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/mdac/default.aspx

I don't know the rationale behind removing it from later mdac's but I
would be surprised if MS want it to die.

Cheers Tim.

 

[Mike Peretz]

The problem is that .NET will not run without MDAC 2.7, so installing a
lower version of MDAC can cause other problems.

 

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

Mike,
I've definitely seen a separate Jet 4.0 update somewhere, I wish I could
remember exactly where it is. Search MSDN and the Downloads areas and
hopefully you will find it.
--Peter

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Check this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];829558

Willy.

 

[Mike Peretz]

Thank you all.

Check this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];829558

Willy.

I am a little confused about support of OLEDB for Jet 4. Microsoft removed
it from their MDAC 2.7 package (only god knows why). However, even without
it my machine is able to connect to an Access database using the provider,
I
just don't know where I got it from. Is it included with the OS?

What about Windows98, I am trying to get a .NET application using Jet to
work on a plain 98 machine. I installed MDAC, but .NET does not find the
provider. If it is not with MDAC 2.7 how do it get it?

Read some articles and it looks like Microsoft is letting Jet die!

 

[Tim Jarvis]

The problem is that .NET will not run without MDAC 2.7, so installing
a lower version of MDAC can cause other problems.

Interesting, I have 2.6 and 2.7 loaded, and everything runs fine. I
didn't explicitly install them though, so I don't know what was
installed first.

Cheers Tim.