Visual Studio 2010 can't locate ODP.NET provider

Question

I'm trying to setup a .net project using oracle\\s odp.net provider. I have installed Oracle Express server. Additionally I installed Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) so I can get the provider itself. Unfortunately Visual Studio seems unable to auto-detect it, ie when I click Add connection in the Servers view, there is no provider different from the default one for .NET and OLE DB. Is there any additional step I'm missing here ? I don't see any Oracle related registry entry related, could this be the problem ?

Thank you

Answer 1

I have these relevant products installed:

• Oracle Data Provider for NET
• Oracle Providers for ASP.NET
• Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio
• Oracle Provider for OLE DB
• Oracle Objects for OLE
• Oracle Data Access Components Documentation for Visual Studio 2010

Check for them in your Oracle Universal Installer. If you're missing any, make sure you install them, and try again!