Sunday, March 11, 2012

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Data.Odbc...

I have developed an application in C#, and it uses both a SQL server database, and as part of its operation it opens up a Foxpro database. I am using Odbc to connect to the fox pro database and everything wortks just fine on my devleopment machine. However when I deploy my application I am getting the following error text when ever I create the form that does the Odbc work.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Data.Odbc, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Microsoft.Data.Odbc, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'

I have absolutely no clue why I am getting this error. I have insured that the latest MDAC was installed ( it is XP Pro so no updates there ) I have made sure that I have the latest Fox Pro Odbc driver installed as well and I can create the DSN just fine.

Can anyone point me where to look next ? Im truly stumped here.

Thanks in advance for any and all input!!!

Ya know... Im theliving walking example of how a little information in the wrong hands can do a lot of harm :P

I kept on researching and found that the deployment maching had not had the Odbc.Net package installed on it. Once I did that everything worked fine.

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