BadImageFormatException. This will occur when running in 64 bit mode with the 32 bit Oracle client components installed

Question

I am getting this error while on of my .Net application are trying to make a connection to oracle database.

The error says that This problem will

Answer 1

As apc mentioned that error occurs "when a 32bit dll calls a 64bit dll or vice versa". The problem is that if you have build using AnyCPU and are running on a 64bit environment then the application will run as 64bit. If rebuilding explicitly for 32 and 64 bit is not an option then you could use a microsoft utility called corflags.exe which comes with the Windows SDK. Basically, you can modify a flag in the exe of the program you are executing to tell it to run as 32bit even if the environment is 64bit.

See here for information on using it