Question

I have the following program in which i want to insert the values in MS-Access.I am getting the error “the microsoft.ace.oledb.12.0 provider is not registered on the local machine”

I have already installed the database engine as per suggestion of some developers, still i am getting the error.

I am writing the code on Vista machine with VS-2008 and MS-Access-2007.

Please help me to resolve the error

public partial class Form1 : Form

{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    OleDbConnection con;
    OleDbCommand cmd;
    private void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
             con = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsft.ACE.Oledb.12.0;Data Source=C:\\Users\\Satish\\Documents\\Testing.accdb");
            con.Open();
            string cmdText = "Insert Into UserDetail (UsrName,Age,Address,MobileNo) Values ('" + txtName.Text.ToString().Trim() + "','" + txtAge.Text.ToString().Trim() + "','" + txtAddress.Text.ToString().Trim() + "','" + txtMobile.Text.ToString().Trim() + "')";
             cmd = new OleDbCommand(cmdText, con);
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            con.Close();

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
        }


    }


}

Answer 1

Try changing the advanced compile configuration to x86.
This is usually because you have a 64bit operating system.

in VS2008

Build -> Configuration Manager -> Active Solution Platform: -> New -> Type or select the new platform -> x86 – > OK

edit:

Try the following:

go to

C:\Windows\SysWOW64

open odbcad32.exe

if you cannot find excel in the list just click on Add and add it