OLE Driver Fix
- David Foremsky
Date | September, 2024 |
Product | AASHTOWare BrDR |
Versions | 7.1 and above+ |
Description | “There is a problem with this windows installer package a program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor” error occurs when installing BrDR/BrR/BrD |
Fixed | N/A |
Version 7.1 and later of the BrDR software uses SQL Server 2019 and above. Microsoft utilizes several drivers for the SQL engine, two of which may cause you issues when installing BrDR/BrD/BrR. This can happen when users choose to install the Sample Databases (thus SQLINSTALL=true) and the configuration file is run during the installation. The SQL portion fails due to the OLE driver. This can be found in the installation log file named summary.txt and found here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Setup Bootstrap\Log:
If this happens, open “Add or remove programs” and uninstall the following two drivers:
After uninstalling the faulty drivers, you can now install BrD/BrR/BrDR with the sample databases which should in turn install SQL Server properly as well.
The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a low-level COM API that allows applications to access data in a SQL Server database. It can be used for a variety of purposes. OLE DB is generally useful for complex data integration scenarios, where data comes from a variety of sources. It can handle different data types and perform complex transactions, making it suitable for enterprise-level applications. This driver will be reinstalled with the installation of BrDR/BrR/BrD. You can also download this driver directly from Microsoft here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/download-oledb-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver16