MDAC 2.8

4 Nov 2005 3:19 PM

Mark

We have a production server that hosts numerous ASP.NET 1.1 web
applications, as well as several ASP applications. It currently has MDAC
2.6 installed. A new product we are installing requires MDAC 2.7 or higher.

My gut tells me that installing MDAC 2.8 will not under any circumstances
impact legacy applications negatively, but I thought I should ask if there
are any exceptions.

Thanks in advance.

Mark

4 Nov 2005 4:27 PM

William (Bill) Vaughn

Each new version of the MDAC stack has had some side-effects. Some broke
applications, some did not. I strongly encourage you to test with 2.8.
Remember that this is a common DLL that many applications must share. When
testing you have to measure the impact on these as well.

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"Mark" <m***@nojunkmail.com> wrote in message
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> We have a production server that hosts numerous ASP.NET 1.1 web
> applications, as well as several ASP applications. It currently has MDAC
> 2.6 installed. A new product we are installing requires MDAC 2.7 or
> higher.
>
> My gut tells me that installing MDAC 2.8 will not under any circumstances
> impact legacy applications negatively, but I thought I should ask if there
> are any exceptions.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark
>