'IBMDADB2' provider is not registered on the local machine.

[MorrisPS]

Good Afternoon,

I have multiple (20~30) vb6 apps that are using oledb to connect to DB2. When i created an VB.net 2005 application it generates the following error:

'IBMDADB2' provider is not registered on the local machine.

The provider is installed and functioning correctly.

This is the connection string.
Provider=IBMDADB2.1;Persist Security Info=False;User ID=USERID;Password=PWD;Data Source=DB2;Location=SRV_NAMEORT;Mode=ReadWrite

 

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IBM - "IBMDADB2 Provider is not registered on the local machine" error message