dean wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> 10.2.0.1.0 / Windows XP Pro SP2
>
> I am getting an error in opening an ADO connection to Oracle 10g using
> the above client. Here is the message:
>
> Microsoft Data Link Error:
> "Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider.
> Oracle error occurred, but the error message could not be retreived
> from Oracle."
>
> The other people here suspect this is a MDAC issue, which has been
> solved in the past by re-installing this component of Windows.
> However, this version of windows already has SP2 installed, and it
> won't allow the MDAC componnents to be re-installed.
>
> Does anyone have any further light they could shed on this particula
> problem? There is a mention of the MS providers NOT working on the
> latest versions of the client, so we could unistall the current client
> and install 10.1 instead.
That is not an Oracle issue ... contact Microsoft. Whose ODBC driver
are you using?
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Fri Sep 07 2007 - 11:45:51 CDT
