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I have an ADO.NET Managed Data Provider that is registered in machine.config in DbProviderFactory – It is available for use from, say, Analysis Services, so I know it is correctly registered.
However, I need to be able to query the managed provider from Excel, but the managed provider doesn’t appear as a choice from Data Link Properties | All Ole Db Providers.
How do I get an ADO.NET Managed Data Provider to appear there, or is there another technique I need to use?
Thanks in advance,
Eli.
Turns out there is no way to directly use an ADO.NET provider in Excel.
Had to write an OLE DB provider (in ATL C++ no less) to bridge the two – that was fun…