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Re: Oracle 7 application running against Oracle 8i (HP-UX)

From: SkiDad <skidad_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 17:47:55 GMT
Message-ID: <8tpl08$87r$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

I finally got this working. I did not need SQL*Net. The following environment variables allow my application (linked against oracle 7) to work with Oracle 8i:

ORACLE_HOME=/y/oracle/oracle8i
ORACLE_SID=misid
TWO_TASK=mydbname

SkiDad. . .

In article <8skojf$7dj$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   SkiDad <skidad_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>
> I am maintaining an application that has been built against Oracle 7
 on
> an HP-UX machine. I have customers that have been able to run this
> application against Oracle 8i, but I have been unable to do it. My
> application is unable to connect to the Oracle Database. I can connect
> to oracle using sqlplus while logged in as the Unix oracle user using
> the as the oracle user that my application uses. But I can't connect
> using the Unix user that my application runs under. Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance,
> SkiDad . . .
>
> Particulars:
> I did the installation of Oracle myself, hence there may be
> configuration errors.
> Oracle 8i (8.1.6)
> HP-UX 11.0 (With patches required by Oracle)
> Running a single instance, with a single small data base.
> SID: "milo"
> dbname "test.milo"
> My application writes the following error message. I assume that the
> text of this message is from Oracle:
> Wed Oct 18 10:17:43 2000
> r21_initialize (E-Code):-6108 ORA-06108: Unable to open message
> file (SQL-02113).
> r21_initialize (E-Text):
>
> I can connect to oracle using sqlplus when logged in as the oracle
> user:
> -> sqlplus
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production on Wed Oct 18 10:10:58
 2000
>
> (c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> Enter user-name: xxx
> Enter password:
>
> Connected to:
> Oracle8i Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
> JServer Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
>
> SQL> quit
> Disconnected from Oracle8i Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
> JServer Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
> ->
>
> But I can't connect to oracle when working as the user under which the
> application runs:
> -> sqlplus
> SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production on Wed Oct 18 10:22:09
 2000
>
> (c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> Enter user-name: xxx
> Enter password:
> ERROR:
> ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator
>
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>
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