Re: ORA-06413 when connecting Ora 9.2 from Win XP x64

On 28 Sep 2005 15:44:38 -0700, edocnekorb_at_aol.com wrote:

>I have a need to connect a Windows XP x64 computer to an older Oracle
>data base (8.0.5 on OpenVMS). I can install the 9.2 client on the
>computer, however when it tries to test the connection, it generates
>the ORA-06413 error. According to MetaLink, this can be caused by the
>x64 OS placing all 32-bit applications in folders under ...\Program
>Files (x86)\... which Oracle cannot handle. It expects the executables
>to be in a path without special characters such as parantheses.
>However, the Oracle home is on the D: drive in the otherwise usual
>path. I did notice that even though I specified a different drive, some
>of the Oracle components still ended up on the (x86) directory.
>I can use 9.2 on WinXP (32 bit) and connect to the data base without
>problems.
>Any thoughts on how to resolve this are appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Ed Heller / TransCore ITS

9.2 wouldn't connect to 8.0 anyway, so other than upgrade the 8.0 database no solution.

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