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First make sure the <orahome>\bin directory is in your path.  Secondly the
vendor init for the Oracle driver (configurable from the BDE Administrator)
should be Ora73.dll (or perhaps Ora72.dll, whichever is in your <orahome>\bin
directory).  After changing that you will need to unload all BDE apps for he
change to take effect.

"Paul W. Acton" wrote:
> 
> Im trying to get connected to our company server with an application Im
> writing using BCB 3. Trying to connect under the alias I built, I continue
> to get the error "Vendor Initialization Failed". Could someone please tell
> me where I need to start? The server DB is Oracle 7.2 enterprise and I have
> installed the Oracle SQL *Net on the client side.
> Thanks,
> Paul

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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) wrote in message <378E3D7B.454413DE@onramp.net>...
>First make sure the <orahome>\bin directory is in your path.  Secondly the
>vendor init for the Oracle driver (configurable from the BDE Administrator)
>should be Ora73.dll (or perhaps Ora72.dll, whichever is in your
<orahome>\bin
>directory).  After changing that you will need to unload all BDE apps for
he
>change to take effect.
>
>"Paul W. Acton" wrote:
>>
>> Im trying to get connected to our company server with an application Im
>> writing using BCB 3. Trying to connect under the alias I built, I
continue
>> to get the error "Vendor Initialization Failed". Could someone please
tell
>> me where I need to start? The server DB is Oracle 7.2 enterprise and I
have
>> installed the Oracle SQL *Net on the client side.
>> Thanks,
>> 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)
>--

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)
--

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)
>--

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)
--

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)
>--