problem connecting to oracle database

[wes weston]

markusjais at yahoo.de wrote:
> hello
> 
> I hava a small Perl and a small Python CGI Skript.
> 
> I have Python 2.3.3 and the newest cx_Oracle module.
> 
> this is the error in my httpd_error.log
> 
> RuntimeError: Unable to acquire Oracle environment handle
> 
> at the start of the skript I set
> os.environ["ORACLE_HOME"] = "/opt/oracle/OraHome1/"
> 
> this is the same as in the Perl skript and there it works.
> 
> 
> this is the code how I connect:
> try:
>     connection = cx_Oracle.connect(user, passwd, "host.of.db.server") 
>     cursor = connection.cursor()
> except cx_Oracle.Error, e:
>     print "Error %s" % e
>     sys.exit (1)
> 
> 
> 
> the host of the db server is correct and a test skript on another machine
> with another db worked, too.
> 
> any ideas what is wrong here ?
> 
> 
> markus
> 
> 
> 
> 
markus,
    Does it work if you set and export in linux
prior to running the script?
    Do you need the trailing "/" on the path?
wes