RE: [cx-oracle-users] OCI.DLL cannot be found ?

[Nik B. <Nik...@pe...>]

> c) With cx_Oracle-4.0.1-win32-9i-py23.exe uninstalled and 
> cx_Oracle-4.0.1-win32-8i-py23.exe installed back, oracle9i (or 
> 81)/bin/aci.dll renamed to the right name, everything runs fine.
> 
> Finally, am I using oracle 9i or 81 ??? It depends on the DLL 
> I left on 
> the machine ? Or is it the cx_oracle version which rules ?

It's complicated. It appears to depend on both the server and client
versions installed. I had to recompile cx_Oracle for one of our
configurations (8i client/server) although foolishly didn't write down the
step by step process (but it was pretty much in line with the docs I
recall).

This is more of an Oracle issue than cx_oracle I think; I've had similar
problems with a number of client-side tools that interact with Oracle
directly, often having to swap ORACLE_HOME according to which specific tool
was being used!

Nick Barron