Is ODP.NET required for Oracle 11g Client?

Question

I may be asking the wrong question here, I\'m willing to change it if so.

I have a project that is using the Microsoft.NET Oracle provider (our plan is to change to

Answer 1

I think the message "System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater" it's similar to "Oracle client not installed, installed but not found or installed but it's needed 8.1.7 or greater".

Check on regedit if the values are right under the key:

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_OraOdac11g_home1

Where OraOdac11g_home1 depends on the Oracle Home name for your installation.

Also, try to connect through Visual Studio to see if its possible.