Android Market Force Close

My phone's firmware was recently updated, which I assume is in preparation for Android 2.3. Unfortunately, those updates have caused me to have to uninstall and reinstall most of my downloaded apps for them to function correctly.
However, as of about an hour ago, my Android Market will no longer allow me to download or reinstall apps. As soon as I choose to download the ap, I am prompted with a force close message. The process is com.android.vending.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue? I have powered off, removed the battery, etc, and the problem remains. Is there any way to uninstall and reinstall the Android Market?
Sorry for all the questions. Thanks,

None of those solutions worked. It seems as if a factory reset is the only immediate solution. I'd like to try and wait for Gingerbread, in hopes that the upgrade might resolve the problem. However, now that the end of Q2 has come and gone, and we still don't have Gingerbread, I'm no longer holding my breath.
Because of this, I have a question. I have apps installed on my phone, all of them on the SD card. If I do a factory reset to the phone, will this erase all of the saved data within those apps? ...even though they are installed on my SD card?
Thanks,

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