MDAC 2.6 and .NET Framework 1.1

[Guest]

I am getting the following message back from ASP.NET. MDAC 2.8 is installed
as is .NET Framework 1.1 with SP and security updates on a Win 2K Server.
For some reason .NET is not recognizing that MDAC 2.8 is installed. The
application is pretty vanilla and is just executing SQL to a Microsoft SQL
Server 2000 database. The app runs fin on other Win 2K Servers and XP.

Anyone run into this and can help us out?
Terry

Error that we are getting is:

Server Error in '/ACTWEB' Application.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Catastrophic failure
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the
current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about
the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Catastrophic
failure

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web
request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can
be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[COMException (0x8000ffff): Catastrophic failure]
System.Data.Common.UnsafeNativeMethods.CoCreateInstance(Guid rclsid,
IntPtr pUnkOuter, Int32 dwClsContext, Guid riid) +0
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.CreateInstanceDataLinks() +172
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.CreateInstanceMDAC() +93

[InvalidOperationException: The .Net Data OLE DB Provider(System.Data.OleDb)
requires Microsoft Data Access Components(MDAC). Please install Microsoft
Data Access Components(MDAC) version 2.6 or later.]
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.CreateInstanceMDAC() +127
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.GetObjectPool() +177
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.CreateProvider(OleDbConnectionString
constr) +13
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open() +203
ACTWEB.Login.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in
\\qcdms2k3\wwwroot$\Login.aspx.vb:60
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +744

 

[Paul Clement]

¤ I am getting the following message back from ASP.NET. MDAC 2.8 is installed
¤ as is .NET Framework 1.1 with SP and security updates on a Win 2K Server.
¤ For some reason .NET is not recognizing that MDAC 2.8 is installed. The
¤ application is pretty vanilla and is just executing SQL to a Microsoft SQL
¤ Server 2000 database. The app runs fin on other Win 2K Servers and XP.
¤
¤ Anyone run into this and can help us out?

Could be that your MDAC install is corrupt. Try the following:

http://www.macropool.com/en/download/mdac_xp_sp2.html


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)