Connecting to Oracle on a .Net app Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)

Question

I am trying to Query a remote Oracle database from Windows Server(production environment) through a .net app. I keep getting this exception. I have Oracle XE client installed on the system. I tried to install Oracle 64 bit connectors but the jvm won't allow me to do so. Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)

Appreciate any thoughts

Answer 1

BadImageFormatException is thrown. The case when that happens is described there: http://dobrzanski.net/2010/06/29/attempt-load-program-incorrect-format-exception-hresult-0x8007000b/