The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client

Question

I\'m trying to use the Oracle ODP.NET 11g (11.1.0.6.20) Instant Client on my ASP.net project as a Data Provider but when I run the aspx pag

Answer 1

For anyone still having this problem: based on this article

http://oradim.blogspot.com/2009/09/odpnet-provider-is-not-compatible-with.html

I found out that my server was missing the Microsoft C++ Visual Runtime Library - I had it on my dev machine because of the Visual Studio installed. I downloaded and installed the (currently) most recent version of the library from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523

Ran the setup and the oracle call from C# made it!