What's the answer if NOT using ADO.NET?

What's the question? You want alternatives to ADO.NET?

Back on 2/15/2006 dalsym posted the following:  (ID: 21738031)

I built a small Windows Form in VS.NET 2005 that basically just enters parameters into a stored procedure (SQL 2000) and runs it.

It runs fine on my development machine, but when I try to install and run it on the client it will be used on, I get this error:

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"Unable to install or run the application. The application requires that assembly ADODB version 7.0.3300.0 be installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) first."
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I have set the .NET Framework 2.0 and Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 as pre-requisites.
I have also tried the two methods of distributing the pre-requisites: (download from vendor, download from same location as application - in this case I have downloaded and placed the .exe files in the app's IIS folder)

The .NET 2.0 Framework seemed to install just fine, but I keep getting this message, and also no indication in Add/Remove Programs that MDAC is installed.

Thanks!


The solution was to use ADO.NET and not ADODB.  I woulld like to know what the solution is without having to change all my code to ADO.NET.