ODP.NET

First of I have Oracle 10g, VB.Net 2008 and Im using the lated download of ODP.Net I found on the main website.

I have the following SQL code,

begin execute immediate 'drop table DEPT'; 
execute immediate 'drop table EMP'; 
exception when others then null;
end;

Which I have already tested in Oracle and it works in Oracle, but I cant seem to get this to run in VB.Net. The Connection is up and running, and I can create tables in my database no problem using a another part, similiar of the program so i know thats not whats wrong

Below is the Code in VB.Net Im using

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Try
                Dim MyPath As String = Application.StartupPath
                Dim File1 As String = MyPath & "/SQL Files/RemoveSchema.sql" 
modConnection.connection.Open()
                modConnection.ExecuteSQLProcedure(File1, modConnection.connection)
Catch ex As Exception
                MsgBox(ex.Message)
            Finally
                modConnection.connection.Close()
                 Me.Close()
            End Try
End Sub

Module modConnection
Sub ExecuteSQLProcedure(ByVal Filename As String, ByVal conn As OracleConnection)
        Dim cmd As New OracleCommand
        Dim Reader As System.IO.StreamReader

        Try
            cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            cmd.Connection = conn

            Reader = New System.IO.StreamReader(Filename)
            Dim SQL As String = Reader.ReadToEnd

            cmd.CommandText = SQL
            cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
            Reader.Close()
            Reader.Dispose()
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        Finally
            cmd.Dispose()
        End Try
    End Sub
End Module

So when a button is clicked it loads a file, which has the above sql code in it, and runs the statement, but I am getting the following error

ORA-06550: Line 1, Column 50:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "" When expecting the following:

  Begin case declare end exception exit for goto if loop mod
  null pragma  raise return select update while with
  <an identifier><a double-quoted delimited-identifier>
  <a bind variable> << close current delete fetch lock insert
  open rollback savepoint set sql execute commit forall merge 
  pipe
The symbol "begin was inserted before "" to continue.
ORA-06550: Line 2, Column 37:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "" When expecting the following:

  Begin case declare end exception exit for goto if loop mod
  null pragma  raise return select update while with
  <an identifier><a double-quoted delimited-id
ORA-06550: Line 3, Column 33:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "" When expecting the following:

  Begin case declare end exit for goto if loop mod null pragma
  raise return select update when while with  <an identifier>
  <a double-quoted delimited-identif

*That is thrown by the application*


*Any help getting this working would be extremely appreciated*

Edited by: user8939472 on Dec 31, 2009 6:48 AM