dataprovider – Tarik Billa

Deploying and Configuring ODP.NET to work without installation with Entity Framework

September 17, 2023 by Tarik

This answer summarizes (hopefully) all the steps required, many of which documented in various places online and might save someone hours of Googling. A. How to deploy and configure Oracle.DataAccess.Client. A.1. Download ODAC112030Xcopy_64bit.zip or ODAC112030Xcopy_32bit.zip. A.1.1. Extract the content of the following folders within the zip file into your application/host’s bin/setup folder: A.1.1.1. instantclient_11_2 A.1.1.2. … Read more

Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider. It may not be installed. – when following mvc3 asp.net tutorial

June 3, 2023 by Tarik

I was able to solve a problem similar to this in Visual Studio 2010 by using NuGet. Go to Tools > Library Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages For Solution… In the dialog, search for “EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact”. You’ll find a package with the description “Allows SQL Server Compact 4.0 to be used with Entity Framework.” Install … Read more

ASP.NET MVC 3 – Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider

April 15, 2023 by Tarik

I was having the same problem so I replaced <add name=”MovieDBContext” connectionString=”Data Source=|DataDirectory|Movies.sdf” providerName=”System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0″/> with the following <add name=”MovieDBContext” connectionString=”data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;database=Movies;User ID=sa;password=” providerName=”System.Data.SqlClient”/> And it worked enough to let me continue working. I too would also eventually learn how to make these kinds of applications work with mysql at some point, but for now … Read more