I downloaded and installed the latest Firebird .NET 2.0 provider (2.0.1) yesterday and have been experimenting with it.
My app uses ADO.NET 2.0 Managed Providers dynamically, but Firebird would not appear as an available provider. After a little digging I discovered that its install didn't add it to the machine.config so it doesn't appear when enumerating the "installed" providers. I thought someone ought to know so that it can be rectified in a future release. For anyone else that needs enumeration to work you can manually add it to: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config searching for </DbProviderFactories> and add this entry immediately above: <add name="Firebird Data Provider" invariant="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient" description=".Net Managed Provider for Firebird" type="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FirebirdClientFactory, FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient, Version=2.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3750abcc3150b00c" /> Ciao, Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Firebird-net-provider mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider
