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From: rfenney@netcom.com (Robert J. Fenney)
Subject: Re: Problem connecting to Oracle from VA OS/2
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In article <4ha8ql$2gos@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, schiewe@ibm.net (Juergen
Schiewe) wrote:

> I have a problem to connect to an oracle database from VisualAge 3.0
> with the Oracle native database interface under OS/2. I get a primitiv
> failed every time a database access is made.
> 
> VA seems to call an OCI DLL called ora7o32 which I cannot find in my
> Oracle installation. I use the Oracle 7.1.4 SQL*Spx client for OS/2.
> The oracle client seems to be ok - SQL*Plus works, so an OCI lib 
> seems to be there (probably in the ora_d710.dll).
> 
> Which Oracle product should I use to connect from VA
> 
> thanks in advance
>  Juergen

If I remember correctly, this DLL is part of the SQL@Net middle ware from
ORACLE. I think you will need this to talk to the ORACLE server. Also make
sure you get the correct version for the protocol you are using i.e TCPIP
or SPX/IPX, ...


Robert
