Greetings one and all, I have been trying for days to get the Firebird provider working and I'm no closer now than when I started and I really would appreciate any help I could get. I really need to get it working. I have got an application to write in C# and I have never used it before. I have been programming in Visual Basic & C++ so I have a learning curve to overcome. I also want to use the Firebird database.
Here's what I have been doing to try to make this thing work. First, I just purchase a new Intel 2.3G 64 machine because I needed the extra power. The software installed is a brand new install without any toys added. OK. starting with a brand new install. Order of installs: MS W2k (sp4) Visual Studio 2005 w/VS2005 SDK & MS Net2.0 Framework SDK MS Office 2000 Excel, Access, Word (no updates) Firebird 2.0 - Embedded Server - (I have a Super Server running on another machine) FirebirdClient.Net-2.0.1 DDEXProvider-2.0.1 FlameRobin-0.7.6 Configuration efforts: I ran the gac to include the Datatools.dll Exported the gac contents to get the TokenKey Modified the machine.config to include the Firebird entries Installed contents of FirebirdDDEXProvider32.reg Results: When trying to add a new connection I get the following error. An unexpected error occurred in the .NET Framework Data Provider for Firebird. Please contact the provider... Trouble shooting: I then begin searching the net for a resolution to the problem. One suggestion was to use the packageless version of the FirebirdDDEXProvider registry tool. Using the contents of the FirebirdDDEXProvider***. reg scripts, I removed all the registry entries and tried the PackageLess version. This version actually pops the add connection dialog but when you try to modify any portion of it, it immediately bails. I also tried numerous other suggestions found on the web even though they were for earlier versions of the same packages. With similar results depending of the flavor of FirebirdDDEX*.reg I was using. Current state: I am really beginning to wonder if the provider even works with the Machine/Software combination listed above. If anyone has been able to get it working with a configuration similar to mine I would appreciate it very much if you would share your secret. If you have any meaningful suggestions I might try next they would be appreciated as well. TIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
