Re: [cx-oracle-users] DLL Error - python 2.4, Oracle 8.1.7, cx_Oracle 4.1.2, Win XP SP2

[Anthony T. <ant...@gm...>]

NOTE: the __server__ version is not relevant! You need to make sure
that your __client__ Oracle version matches your cx_Oracle. This issue
seems to be a regular source of confusion.... :-)

On 2/8/06, JP Glutting <jpg...@gm...> wrote:
> Thanks Anthony!
>
> The problem is that I don't have the versions mismatched, as far as I can
> tell. We are running Oracle 8i, specifically version 8.1.7. So my cxOracl=
e
> version matches the server version perfectly. The problem seems to be tha=
t
> it does not match the oci.dll file, which may be out of date (it is from
> 1999, and I am not sure when version 8.1.7 of Oracle came out).
>
> Is there any way to run a test against the oci.dll file? Using a differen=
t
> program? TOAD, or something?
>
> Thanks,
> JP
>
>
> On 2/7/06, Anthony Tuininga <ant...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > No specific help but find out what Oracle client version you are using
> > and then download a version of cx_Oracle that corresponds to it. That
> > will elminate the problems with version mismatches. As for determining
> > what client version a particular version of cx_Oracle was compiled
> > against -- that's not possible because Oracle doesn't provide this
> > information. And, if you can't import the module at all you definitely
> > can't get any information from it.... :-) That problem is part of
> > another thread which has not yet been resolved.
> >
> > On 2/7/06, JP Glutting <jpg...@gm...> wrote:
> > > I am having the same problem loading the ori.dll that some other peop=
le
> have
> > > mentioned on various lists, but I have not seen a solution anywhere. =
I
> have
> > > Oracle SQL Plus installed on this PC (I didn't install it myself, it
> came to
> > > me second hand), and the ori.dll is in C:\orant\BIN, which is also on
> the
> > > path.
> > >
> > > When I import cx_Oracle I get this error:
> > >
> > > "ImportError: DLL load failed: No se encontr=F3 el proceso especifica=
do."
> (the
> > > computer is mostly Spanish, but it says it has not found the specifie=
d
> > > process).
> > >
> > > I have seen comments that this is due to a mismatch in the versions o=
f
> > > Oracle or Python which the module is compiled against, but the only
> thing
> > > that I see that could be the problem is the dll itself. This may be
> stupid
> > > question, but is there a way to check the version of the dll? The fil=
e
> was
> > > created on 11/11/1999.
> > >
> > > SQL Plus connects to the Oracle server without problems. It seems to =
be
> a
> > > problem between cx_Oracle and the ori.dll.
> > >
> > > Any help appreciated!
> > >
> > > JP
> > >
> >
> >
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