Re: problems downloading MDAC 2.8 from microsoft download site

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From: Gary Thrower (gary_at_columbinecap.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:02:44 -0600

Never mind. I just found on the web that MDAC 2.8 is not supported for SP2.
It would be nice if Microsoft put that information on it's web site.

Gary Thrower

PS: The problem I was trying to solve was an error when trying to use ADODB
to access a program from VB .Net:

I have just upgraded to windows xp sp2. I have an vb .net application that
gets the following error message since the upgrade: The procedure entry
point _GetIUMS@4 could not be located in the dynamic link library
MSDART.DLL.
        Dim con As New ADODB.Connection
        Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset
        con.Open("Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist
Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=database;Data Source=System")
 --> This is the line that gets the error --> rst.Open("table", con,
CursorTypeEnum.adOpenDynamic, LockTypeEnum.adLockReadOnly)
I have found information on the web that the solution is to install mdac
2.8. This version of MDAC is not compatable with XP SP2. Since I have a
number of programs that use this method of accessing databases I need a
solution before the rest of our office can upgrade to SP2.

"Gary Thrower" <gary@columbinecap.com> wrote in message
news:%23o8egLplEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>I have been trying to download and install MDAC 2.8 from the microsoft
> download site but I keep getting an error that the image is not a win32
> executable. Any ideas?
>
> Gary Thrower
>
>

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