System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software
version 8.1.7 or greater

Hi,

   I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Oracle 10g as a database.When I
am using .Net framework Data provider for OLEDB ,it is running(getting the data
from the table).Using .Net framework Data provider for Oracle ,it is not
running.

 I am getting the error:  System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client
software version 8.1.7 or greater

I was given the full access in the Oracle Home folder,still it is not running.

Please advise me.

To connect to VS 2005 to Oracle 10g Server you need Oracle client to be
installed in your developement machine.

The error occurs if the Oracle client version on your machine is not Oracle 10g
client or lower that 8.1.7 version. 

Check whether your machine has Oracle 10g client. If not install it or upgrade
it to 10g.

You can download the client version from www.oracle.com site

Check if the user account under which ASP.NET worker process runs has access to
the ORACLE_HOME folder.

Hi,

 Thanks for your reply.I am using Oraclient 8.1.7.

Hi Siva,

    I am not understanding what you replied.

Where will I check ?