problems downloading MDAC 2.8 from microsoft download site

[Gary Thrower]

I have been trying to download and install MDAC 2.8 from the microsoft
download site but I keep getting an error that the image is not a win32
executable. Any ideas?

Gary Thrower

 

[Gary Thrower]

Never mind. I just found on the web that MDAC 2.8 is not supported for SP2.
It would be nice if Microsoft put that information on it's web site.

Gary Thrower

PS: The problem I was trying to solve was an error when trying to use ADODB
to access a program from VB .Net:

I have just upgraded to windows xp sp2. I have an vb .net application that
gets the following error message since the upgrade: The procedure entry
point _GetIUMS@4 could not be located in the dynamic link library
MSDART.DLL.
Dim con As New ADODB.Connection
Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset
con.Open("Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist
Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=database;Data Source=System")
--> This is the line that gets the error --> rst.Open("table", con,
CursorTypeEnum.adOpenDynamic, LockTypeEnum.adLockReadOnly)
I have found information on the web that the solution is to install mdac
2.8. This version of MDAC is not compatable with XP SP2. Since I have a
number of programs that use this method of accessing databases I need a
solution before the rest of our office can upgrade to SP2.

 

[frodo]

SP2 updates MDAC 2.8 w/ a new date but same version number w/ the new 2180
revision (sp2 RTM revision). The "old" 2.8 standalone installer probably
recognizes this and fails because the installed version is newer.

 

[Gary Thrower]

I reinstalled sp2 and that fixed the problem.