cx_Oracle entry point error
Albert Leibbrandt
albert at compuscan.co.za
Thu Feb 9 01:20:42 EST 2006
lblr33 at yahoo.com wrote:
>I downloaded cx_Oracle from
>http://www.cxtools.net/default.aspx?nav=cxorlb and selected the windows
>installer for Oracle 8i, Python 2.4
>
>>From the readme.txt file:
>BINARY INSTALL:
>Place the file cx_Oracle.pyd or cx_Oracle.so anywhere on your Python
>path.
>
>So I tried this and set PYTHONPATH.
>
>I then created a script called ora_conn.py with one line:
>import cx_Oracle
>
>When I run the script (c:\python24\python.exe ora_conn.py) I get this
>error in a pop-up box:
>
>"The procedure entry point OCIEnvCreate could not be located in the
>dynamic link ligrary OCI.dll
>
>The bottom line of what I want to do is to connect to an oracle
>database without having to create an ODBC connection on the individual
>PC.
>
>Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>
>
are you running on windows or linux?
On both of these os's I only needed to install the binary. Have a look
at this page on sourceforge
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=84168
cheers
albert
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