[Mono-list] Using System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactory with Mono

[Veerapuram Varadhan]

Hi,
On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 05:15 -0700, dr_d00m wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I started this thread about a month ago and I still do not know how to
> handle the problem. 
> I checked it with the new 1.9 version, but with the same result.
> Is there anybody who recognized my bug report? 
> Or is it just a stupid mistake I made using Mono?
> 
As with any software, bugs are part of it and we sincerely appreciate
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understanding that bugs are handled according to some priorities and
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> I would be glad if anybody could give me a small hint about this...
Anyway, your bug will be handled soon and more follow through on
bugzilla. 

Thanks,

V. Varadhan

> Thanks, 
> 
> dr_d00m
> 
> 
> dr_d00m wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I posted the bug as Bug 365911 to bugzilla.novell.com
> > 
> > Thanks for any further help.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Veerapuram Varadhan wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Can you file a bug and attach a sample console app using similar
> >> providerstring?  It would be easier to track and solve this through
> >> bugzilla.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> V. Varadhan
> >> 
> >> On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 04:19 -0800, dr_d00m wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>> 
> >>> I am trying to create an application which should be designed for common
> >>> database connectivity. Therefore I used the
> >>> System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactory. I created my application in Visual
> >>> Studio and then tried to run it under Mono. I also tested it with Moma
> >>> which
> >>> gave me the go-ahead in any cases. In .Net everything worked fine but
> >>> under
> >>> Mono it threw a weired exception.
> >>> 
> >>> Unhandled Exception: System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException:
> >>> Failed to find or load the registered .Net Framework Data Provider. ()
> >>> ()
> >>>   at System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactories.GetFactory
> >>> (System.Data.DataRow
> >>> providerRow) [0x00000]
> >>>   at System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactories.GetFactory (System.String
> >>> providerInvariantName) [0x00000]
> >>>   at Connectivity.DBLoader.Load () [0x00000]
> >>> 
> >>> I tried to google this one but without any success.
> >>> 
> >>> The code looks like this:
> >>> 
> >>> ...
> >>> using System.Data.OracleClient;
> >>> using System.Data.Common;
> >>> ...
> >>> 
> >>> DbProviderFactory factory =
> >>> DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(providerString);               
> >>>                 using (conn = factory.CreateConnection())
> >>>                 {
> >>>                     conn.ConnectionString = ConnectionParameter;
> >>>                     conn.Open();  
> >>>                
> >>>                     // Here the data from the database is processed.
> >>> 
> >>>                     conn.Close();
> >>>                 }
> >>> 
> >>> Is there anything I did not consider or is it impossible to procede like
> >>> this under Mono in general?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks in advance for any help.
> >>> 
> >>> Best regard,
> >>> 
> >>> dr_d00m
> >>> 
> >> 
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