Question

I am trying to run our very old application on Windows 7 64 bit. In this application we use our do template in which there are a Visual Basic scripts. I have a problem with database provider. This is my string connection:

  buildConnectString = _
    "Provider=MSADORA.1" + _
    ";Password=""" + pPassword + _
    """;User ID=" + pUser + _
    ";Data Source=" + pDB + ";"

I receive this error:

Run-time error 3706. Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly
installed.

Is there any possibility to run it on 64-bit operating system?

Answer 1

Install the Oracle provider (there are 32bit and 64bit versions), then use Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle

[BTW, its MSDAORA.1. MSDAORA is only available for x86/32bit, there is no 64 bit driver]

Microsoft are no longer supporting MSDAORA, and instead recommended you use the Oracle drivers.

Download page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/visual-studio/downloads/index.html