RE: Informix .Net 2.0 driver

Posted in 2007

Everett Mills — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:13:29 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Thanks Mike. Somehow he had CSDK 2.81 and CSDK 2.90.TC6 both installed at the same time. When we installed 3.0.TC1, it happily overwrote 2.9 and started a war with the remaining 2.81 driver. --EEM > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Aubury [mailto:iiug@aubit.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:40 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Cc: Everett Mills; Ken Pike > Subject: Re: Informix .Net 2.0 driver > > Did you have a previous version of the ClientSDK or Informix-Connect on > that > other machine ? > > If so - remove both versions - reboot, then install the new version > (again) - > reboot and then try again... > > > On Tuesday 26 June 2007 20:22, Everett Mills wrote: > > Guys- > > I installed CSDK 3.0 with the .Net 2.0 driver on my PC (XP Service > Pack 2, > > M$ Visual Studio 2005) and everything seems to work fine. The Informix > > native driver works and everything is happy. I installed it on an > > associate's computer (also XP Service Pack 2, M$ Visual Studio 2005) and > we > > get an error message every time it tries to access the native driver as > in > > this sample program: > > > > 'The Informix native client (C:\\Program > > Files\\IBM\\Informix\\Client-SDK\\bin\\netf20\\IBM.Data.Informix) was added as > a > > reference to this project. > > > > Imports IBM.Data.Informix > > > > Module Module1 > > > > Sub Main() > > Dim thisIfxConn As New IfxConnection() > > > > End Sub > > > > Note that all it does is initialize the driver. No open action or > anything > > else. The program dies right there with this error: > > > > System.TypeInitializationException was unhandled > > Message="The type initializer for 'IBM.Data.Informix.IfxConnection' > threw > > an exception." > > > > The "Inner Exception" is this: > > > > {"DELIMIDENT - no error information available"} > > > > Delimident is not set on either computer. We tried rerunning the > > installation to so a "repair" of the driver with no change in outcome. > I > > didn't find any reference to driver errors in the .Net manual and the > > installation manual only covers a failed install. I am calling support, > > but I thought someone may have run into this before. > > > > TIA, EEM > > > > > > > > Everett E. Mills > > Programmer/DBA > > National Beef Packing Co., LLC. > > P.O. Box 20046 > > Kansas City, MO 64195-0046 > > > > Voice: (816)713-8621 > > Fax: (816)713-8850 > > E-Mail: eemills@nationalbeef.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > -- > Mike Aubury > > Aubit Computing Ltd is registered in England and Wales, Number: 3112827 > Registered Address : Murlain Business Centre, Union Street, Chester, CH1 > 1QP