2026562 - Error: "Faulting application w3wp.exe, version 7.5.7601.17514, faulting module 4ce7a5f8, version ole32.dll, fault address 0x6.1.7601.17514"

• A Crystal Reports .NET application to view reports intermittently crashes with below exception.

Error: Faulting application w3wp.exe, version 7.5.7601.17514, faulting module 4ce7a5f8, version ole32.dll, fault address 0x6.1.7601.17514.

• Visual Studio 2010
• SAP Crystal Reports developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio
• SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2012
• The application uses ADO.NET datasets to pass the data to the report.
• The ConectionString in the code uses SQLOLEDB provider to connect to the database.

As per Microsoft, MDAC OLEDB provider is not fully supported with SQL Server.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms130978.aspx

• Use SQL Native client to connect to SQL Server.
• This applies to both, while connecting using datasets and when the report itself connect to SQL Server.

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