"The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client"

Question

I just put my asp .net web service on a remote host. The service accesses an oracle db on my local machine. The service worked fine when it was running on localhost but since moving to a remote hos, I get

The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client at
    Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleInit.Initialize() at
    Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleConnection..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace --- at
    Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleConnection..ctor(String connectionString) at....

I know the error is related to the data provider version running on the server/client. In my case, the only dll I referenced in the project was Oracle.DataAccess

So how do I go about solving this? Note that I won't be able to change anything on the web host other than my own project.

My local machine is running Oracle 11g

Thanks.

Answer 1

Find out what version of the Oracle client is running at your web host's site. If it's an old client you either need to

A) get your web host to update their software to something more up-to-date,
B) downgrade to an older version of Oracle that their client can deal with, or
C) change web hosts.

Good luck.