Nick,
Thanks for trying to help here. I doubt that I had Access running when I
installed MDAC 2.8. In any case, is there a way to forcibly reinstall MDAC?
Or alternatively, is there a way to uninstall it so I can reinstall it?
A couple of notes:
- Microsoft's Component Checker tool clearly says that I have 2.8 installed
- My other computer is running Win2000 and the code works fine on it
Robert W.
"Nick Malik [Microsoft]" wrote:
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> The problem sounds like your version of Access is providing the OLEDB and
> ODBC providers, and those providers link with the old MDAC. This is pretty
> odd, because installing MDAC should give you new providers.
>
> I suppose this could happen if you have Access in memory when you updated
> the MDAC components, and since the old providers are all COM based, they
> would find the memory version first. That's just a guess.
>
> Does this still happen after you reboot?
>
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> "Robert W." <RobertW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:74D6C165-5A0B-4057-9F2C-E978FCCCB3A1@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > I'm trying to add simple database functionality with a Windows Forms app
> > I'm
> > building. FYI my development machine is running Windows XP Pro, with all
> > the
> > service packs installed.
> >
> > First I tried using the standard OLEDB connection string (ie.
> > "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0...") but got this message when it tried
> > to
> > open the connection:
> >
> > "The .Net Data OLE DB Provider(System.DAta.OleDb) requires Microsft Data
> > Access Component(MDAC) version 2.6 or later. Version 2.51.5303.0 was
> > found
> > currently installed."
> >
> >
> > I was shocked at this but went to the trouble to ensure that indeed I did
> > have the latest MDAC (2.8) installed.
> >
> > So how come I'm getting this message?
> >
> > P.S. The same message came up when I tried instead to connect via ODBC.
> >
> > Robert W.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Vancouver, BC
> >
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