Oracle provider: oracle client can't be found

[feng]

I am using System.Data.OracleClient to access my Oracle
data source. I downloaded and installed Oracle9i client
software on my machine. But still, when I ran my VB.Net
code, I got an error that says "System.Data.OracleClient
requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater."
What's up with that? As I meantioned, I already have the
client software installed. Does that mean that I need to
add some COM dlls to the project's reference? If so, which
one? (I see quite a few Oracle dlls in the reference list
that's available for adding).

Could someone shed some light on this?

Thanks in advance!

Feng

 

[Sahil Malik]

Are you connecting to a 9i server too?

- Sahil Malik
You can reach me thru my blog http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik

 

[Paul Clement]

¤ I am using System.Data.OracleClient to access my Oracle
¤ data source. I downloaded and installed Oracle9i client
¤ software on my machine. But still, when I ran my VB.Net
¤ code, I got an error that says "System.Data.OracleClient
¤ requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater."
¤ What's up with that? As I meantioned, I already have the
¤ client software installed. Does that mean that I need to
¤ add some COM dlls to the project's reference? If so, which
¤ one? (I see quite a few Oracle dlls in the reference list
¤ that's available for adding).
¤
¤ Could someone shed some light on this?

Can you connect with SQL Plus?


Paul ~~~ (e-mail address removed)
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tom-Einar_S=F8rensen?=]

I had the same problem, I solved it by adding the ASPNET account to
the Administrators group.