ODP.NET

Hello,

I'm sorry, I know I already posted this question, but I'm completely stuck with the installation failing and I'm quite surprised that no one at Oracle seems to know the answer, so maybe I wasn't clear or didn't give enough details. Please allow me ask the question again.

I have Oracle 9.2.0.1 running on a Windows 2000 Server, and it is actually an Oracle 9i Release 1 which I have upgraded to v9.2.0.1. This server is also running my Web test server, so the .Net Framework is also installed on this server. I am trying to install the Oracle ODP.Net package on this server, but the Universal Installer reports an error "The specified key was not found while trying to GetValue" when I click "next" after having selected the products to install (occurs with or without MTS Services selected). If I choose to ignore this error, I get another error at the end "Runtime error" with no more details.

On my development computer, I have installed the Oracle Client 9.2.0.1 and ODP.Net, so I can add a reference to the Oracle.DataAccess.dll and effectively use its "objects" in my VB code, and compiling works fine. However, the page returns an error when I try to view it after having compiled it.

If I do: Dim objConn As Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OraConnection()

I have no problem.

But if I do: Dim objConn As New Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OraConnection()
Or even: Dim objConn As New Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OraConnection("...connectionstring...")

It just fails and the page shows an error.


The Oracle database is installed in the D:\ drive of the server, home is ORAHOME90 and path is d:\oracle\ora90\

On the client, it was on the C:\ Drive, so I tried to reinstall the client on the d:\ with ORAHOME92 as home and d:\oracle\ora90\ as path just to see wether it would help, but it still doesn't work. It might sound stupid, but well, you try everything when it definitively doesn't want to work :)

The Oracle server works perfectly and I still can execute whatever I want with an activex dll using the ODBC.

Can someone give me an advice ? Does anyone know why the ODP.Net installer reports this error ?

Thanks in advance,

JC