Connecting Oracle database with C#

Question

While adding reference to a dll file called oracleDataAccess.dll to my project I get an error.

A reference to a higher version or incompatible assembly cannot be added to the project.

I have the code for connecting c# with oracle which I got from this site.

Help me out to solve this problem. I am using visual studio ultimate 2012.

Answer 1

Change your version to the higher framework, rigth click on your project, change the framework, fix the references and recompile. If you have dependencies, first do the dependencies. See this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb772098%28v=vs.90%29.aspx

Answer 2

The Oracle Data Access Components are very specific to which versions of .NET they use. Since you're using a newer version of Visual Studio/.NET, did you try getting an updated version of the ODAC tools?

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/downloads/index-101290.html