Can we connect to oracle 9i using vb6.0 in 64 bit machine.

Question

Can we connect to oracle 9i using vb6.0 in 64 bit machine.
Code i have written is
dim conn as new ADODB.Connection
conn.open("Provider=MSDAORA.1;password=pw;user id=usname;data source=dbname;Persist Security info=false")
but it is throwing an error saying
"Connection not open"
But the same code is working in vb.net.
Do we need to install any providers for 64 bit machine?

Answer 1

I have had no luck doing this in the 64-bit ODAC or otherwise. If anybody succeeds I would love to hear about it. My experience follows for those interested:
I am trying to migrate some working VB6 code from Windows 2000 Server to 64-bit Windows Server 2003 but can't get the OLEDB connection to Oracle to work.
In the working code (x86 environment), I am using ADO 2.8 and Microsoft OLEDB Provider for Oracle (MSDAORA). Since the Microsoft OLEDB provider for Oracle is no longer supported or available on Windows Server 2003 x64, I tried to use the 32-bit Oracle OLEDB provider in ODAC 10.2 but may have run into the parsing bug posted on MSDN (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=159581). Next, I successfully installed the beta 64-bit version of ODAC 10.2, but when I try to open the connection I receive "Error 3706 Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed." However, I can successfully TNSPing the data source.
Windows Server 2003 x64 (not Itanium)
Oracle Enterprise 9.2
Microsoft Visual Basic 6
Microsoft ADO 2.8 (Objects & Recordset references)
Oracle OLEDB Provider (ODAC 10.2, 64-bit)
Code Snippet:
Set m_dbConn = New ADODB.Connection
With m_dbConn
.ConnectionString = "Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle;Data Source=oplprod; User ID=myid; Password=mypwd;"
.ConnectionTimeout = 10
.CursorLocation = adUseClient
.Open
End With