After more hours of testing and searching I came across a similar issue on a Oracle blog that resolved my issue. I hope this will help someone down the line. Thanks, John
Oracle blog : http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=715745&tstart=0 that stated.. I understand that VS 2008 is a 32bit process and can only interact with 32bit components in the GUI. Why is then the 32bit version of .Net not properly configured? I adding the same configuration lines to the 32bit config and... tah dah... it worked. I created connection, datasets and compiled from there on without a problem. and suggested to modify the machine.config setting in both directories C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config When I made the necessary changes to the machine.config my design-time datasets now work. <configuration> <configSections> .. <section name="firebirdsql.data.firebirdclient" type="System.Data.Common.DbProviderConfigurationHandler, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" /> <system.data> <DbProviderFactories> .. <add name="FirebirdClient Data Provider" invariant="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for Firebird" type="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FirebirdClientFactory, FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient, Version=2.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3750abcc3150b00c" /> </DbProviderFactories> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Firebird-net-provider mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-net-provider
