IQDriver failure on LINQPad 6
Add connection dialog reports "Error(s) were reported loading third party drivers" after installing IQDriver2141.lpx on LINQPad 6.7.5. Details shown are below.
Error instantiating type IQDriver.IQDriver in C:\Users\steve\AppData\Local\LINQPad\Drivers\DataContext\NetCore\IQDriver\IQDriver.dll
- Could not load file or assembly 'LINQPad, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=21353812cd2a2db5'. The system cannot find the file specified. at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(QCallAssembly assembly, String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, ObjectHandleOnStack type, ObjectHandleOnStack keepAlive, ObjectHandleOnStack assemblyLoadContext)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError)
at LINQPad.Extensibility.DataContext.DriverProxy.Instantiator.Instantiate(String assemblyPath, String typeName, String internalID)
Comments
The IQ driver targets .NET Framework 4.x and so is not supported in LINQPad 6 which targets .NET Core.
Use the new built-in Entity Framework Core driver instead. This supports SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, SQLite, and Postgres.