Re: Problem connecting to Oracle 7.3

On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 18:19:32 GMT, dblocher_at_ptd.net (David Blocher) wrote:

>On 23 Dec 1996 06:30:42 GMT, phosking_at_atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Paul
>Andrew Hosking) wrote:
>
>>Has anyone else had a similar problem? I am running PB5.0.02
>>connecting to Oracle 7.3.2.2.0 via SQL*Net Client 2.3.2.1.3. I am
>>primarily using the Powerbuilder O72 database driver, but I have also
>>tried the beta O73 driver without success.
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>This is kind of off the subject but I am running PB 5.02 (32bit) and
>connecting to Oracle enterprise server 7.3.2.2 running on NT Server
>4.0 (SP1) and seem to connect fine with all of the Native database
>drivers. The problem I have is that when I compile the application as
>a 16 but executable the program works but returns the wrong results.
>The nuts and bolts of the application are simple, I look at an
>specific order information and find out if a valid procedure/recipe
>for that order exists in the Database. Somehow when I run in 16bit I
>report that many procedures are missing when in fact they do exist.
>

I am also experiencing something similar. We are developing in a 32-bit 5.00.1 environment. We have not even gotten to building an executable yet and our testers/production machines, whom are running 16-bit 5.00.1 environments, have database problems. They can run the application against the 7.3 database until they run code that does embedded SQL. All datawindows work fine. Only embedded SQL GPF's in ORA72WIN.DLL. How's that for weird. Has anyone encountered this problem and fixed it? We are too close to the our live date to upgrade to 5.00.2 unless someone knows for sure that this problem is fixed. We also are not looking to run beta database drivers in a production environmet...

please offer any advice,
Thanks,
Tom Woiccak

Tom Woiccak                     ACTS Testing Labs
woiccak_at_acts-testing.com        Buffalo, NY