Oracle's method of locating its DLLs

From: Ed Stevens <ed.stevens_at_home.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:59:45 GMT
Message-ID: <94ppi9$q49$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Subject: Oracle's method of locating its DLLs.

We recently received some "beta" versions of a new standard PC configuration for our IT department, as configured by our desktop support group. Everything worked fine except our Powerbuilder apps, which were getting an ORA-03121 when trying to connect to the database. SQL*Plus connected with no problem. After some lengthy comparisons of older (working) systems and these new ones, we found a copy of OCIW32.DLL (version 7.x, 35.5kb, dated 1-3-96) located in c:\winnt\system32. When we deleted this file, everything began to work properly.

What we found puzzling is that the system path was set to "C:\orant\bin; <snip some other stuff>; c:\winnt\system32; My question is, what would cause Oracle to bypass c:\orant\bin and try to use the OCIW32.DLL found in \system32? (How the DLL got into \system32 in the first place is a question I'm taking up with our desktop support team!)

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- Ed Stevens


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