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Re: Connecting To Oracle 7.2

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From: Paul W. Acton
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:00
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Thanks Jeff.

Jeff Overcash (TeamB) wrote in message <378FE71A.60A14A6B@onramp.net>...
>No.  Win3.1 and higher means 16 bit.  So Win95 would not be considered
'higher'
>in this case.  You need to install the win95 client.  You will have to get
the
>32 bit drivers from Oracle probably.  You can get the 32 bit ODBC drivers
from
>http://technet.oracle.com/main.htm.  Goto the downloads section (after
>registering).  Unfotrunately, most of that page deal with ORacle 8 so there
are
>very few free Oracle 7.2 stuff there.  You might have to use the Oracle 7.3
>drivers to access it.  I do not know what the availablity of Oracle7.2 32
bit
>drivers for Win95 is.  Sorry about that.
>
>"Paul W. Acton" wrote:
>>
>> I've installed SQL*Net from the Oracle7 Server Release 7.2 for Windows
NT,
>> which includes Client Software for Microsoft Windows v3.1 or higher. Is
this
>> version going to work in '95'. If not, can you give me a lead on how to
get
>> connected to my server?.
>> Paul
>>
>> Jeff Overcash (TeamB) wrote in message <378E7780.EC74A02F@onramp.net>...
>> >I'm not positive, but all those sound like the 16 bit versions of the
>> Oracle
>> >dlls.  You need the 32 bit versions of the dlls.  Those were named like
>> >ora72.dll and ora73.dll no win in the name (those are the 16 bit
versions I
>> >think).
>> >
>> >"Paul W. Acton" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Jeff,
>> >> Now Im getting a Database Engine Error:
>> >> Vendor Inititialization failed.
>> >> Cannot load an IDAPI service library.
>> >> I've checked the path "path = c:\orawin\bin;"
>> >> there is no ora72.dll,ora73.dll, only
>> ora7win.dll,ora71win.dll,ora72win.dll
>> >> and ora6win.dll. I've tried all in the Vendor Init  definition of the
>> Oracle
>> >> Link(BDE), and keep getting the error above?
>> >> Paul
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Jeff Overcash (TeamB)
>> >      (Please do not email me directly unless  asked. Thank You)
>> >And so I patrol in the valley of the shadow of the tricolor
>> >I must fear evil. For I am but mortal and mortals can only die.
>> >Asking questions, pleading answers from the nameless
>> >faceless watchers that stalk the carpetted  corridors of Whitehall.
>> >             (Fish)
>> >--
>
>--
>Jeff Overcash (TeamB)
>      (Please do not email me directly unless  asked. Thank You)
>If there is somebody up there could they throw me down a line.  Just a
>little helping hand just a little understanding.  Just some answers to the
>questions that surround me now.  If there's somebody up there could
>they throw me down a line.               (Fish)
>--
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From: "Paul W. Acton" <webmaster@malamar.com>
Subject: Re: Connecting To Oracle 7.2
Date: 1999/07/21
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