Hyperion errors after installing Oracle Database 11G

Question

Hello,
The company I work for has a bunch of Oracle databases available, two which I connect to (use to connect to). I have multiple applications that I use to connect to these databases, Hyperion Interactive Reporting Studio 9.3.1 being one of them. I'm using Windows XP as my client.
I made the mistake of installing Oracle Database 11G Express Edition and now I cannot connect to any of the database using my applications, but I can connect to the same databases using SQL Developer. When I try connectiing using Hyperion, I get "SQL NATIVE ERROR [12504] SQL MESSAGE [[INTERSOLV][ODBC ORACLE 8 DRIVER][ORACLE 8][ORA-12504; TNS LISTERNER WAS NOT GIVEN THE SERVICE_NAME IN CONNECT DATA".
When connectiing using other company applications, which use the same database, i get "IM006: [INTERSOLV][ODBC ORACLE 8 DRIVER] DRIVERS SQLSETCONNECTATTRFAILED. UNABLE TO CONNECT TO DATABASE. CHECK USER NAME AND PASSWORD AND TRY AGAIN"
I'm assuming that I updated a driver or registry setting and I need to know how to reverse . I also copied a tnsnames and listerner from an associates computer and placed it in the same location on my computer, but this has not helped at all, even after rebooting the computer.
I even double checked and logged onto anothe computer and I can connect to the database using these same applications, so I definetly messed something up locally on my computer.
Any help is appreciated. Joe.

Answer 1

Probably you could solve odbc driver issues by removing the PATH entry from XE installation.
It looks something like:
Path=C:\oracle\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\bin;<remaining paths>
In system variabels settings, edit PATH to remove the "oraclexe" path and semicolon, leaving only <remaining paths>.
However, removing it will likely have an affect on XE usage. But that may be preferred over other apps working.
Edited by: orafad on Oct 12, 2011 2:55 PM