import cx_Oracle

[GrayGeek]

Uwe Hoffmann wrote:

> GrayGeek wrote:
>> Bernard Delmée wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>>It gives me an error about being unable to find the OCISetDefault entry
>>>>point in 'oci.dll'.
>>>
>>>cx_Oracle works on top of the regular oracle client, which you'll
>>>need to install before it works. The OCI libraries are parOCISetDefault t
>>>of that.
>> 
>> 
>> I have it installed, and have used it to create webpages using Oracle's
>> HTP.P function, and I also accessed tables on the Oracle9 server from
>> JDev9
>> and from PLSQLDeveloper.   The oci.dll is in the Oracle Home/dll
>> directory. As my first post indicated, cx_Oracle is able to see oci.dll,
>> it just can't communicate with it properly.
>> ???
>   i think that the binaries were built against another version of oracle.
>   i had a similar problem with DCOracle2 (versions 8.0.5 vs. 8.1.7 or
> 7.3.3 vs. 8.0.5).
>   As far as i remember OCISetDefault was one of the problematic symbols.

I'm hoping that we can switch from Java to Python but since we are
standardizing on Oracle having a reliable Python connection to Oracle 9i is
important.   mmm... Maybe I can use PostgreSQL for a proof of concept...
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GrayGeek