Driver's SQLSetConnectAttr failed in MSQuery

Hi to all
Months ago I migrated my Oracle 9.2.0.8 32bit DB to Oracle 11gR2 64bit DB. Yesterday I created several new user account in the DB. However, these users reported that they encountered *"ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied. Driver's SQLSetConnectAttr failed."* Existing users have no issue with login. All users use MS Excel 2000 (MSQuery 2000) via ODBC to connect to the DB.
So far, I have tried login in command prompt with the both existing user and new user account in the same laptop. Both existing user and new user account are able to login into the SQL*Plus and query the DB. From sqlplus /nolog, I can see that the Oracle Client is SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0. Checked in Oracle OEM 11g and new user accounts are not locked. [Thus, I conclude there is no issue with account creation here]
The error appears when I try to login using the new user account via MS Excel 2000 (MSQuery 2000). With the existing user password and id, I am able to login. I am puzzled now because it seems that MSQuery 2000 doesn't allow new user account to access the DB. There is no change to the tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.ora when I did all these testing.
Please help me as I don't know why MSQuery 2000 doesn't allow new user account to access the DB. Many thanks.

Hi asahideO
SQL> show parameter sec_case
NAME TYPE VALUE
sec_case_sensitive_logon boolean TRUE
SQL>
However, when I did my test on MSQuery with the existing user, this has no effect all 4 permutations are able to login. With new user accound, I still get the same error, all 4 are unable to login.
*[Existing userid/password]*
1. noita/0270nt
2. noita/0270NT
3. NOITA/0270nt
4. NOITA/0270NT
*[NEW userid/password]*
1. amosleeyp/password123
2. amosleeyp/PASSWORD123
3. AMOSLEEYP/password123
4. AMOSLEEYP/PASSWORD123
In SQL*Plus, I am able to login with the existing userid and password, but not for all the permuatations of the new user account.
*[Existing userid/password]*
1. noita/0270nt
2. noita/0270NT
3. NOITA/0270nt
4. NOITA/0270NT
*[NEW userid/password]*
1. amosleeyp/password123
2. amosleeyp/PASSWORD123 ----> ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
3. AMOSLEEYP/password123
4. AMOSLEEYP/PASSWORD123 ----> ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
So can I say that the sec_case_sensitive_logon applies only for those new user account? However the issue still remains, new user account are unable to login even with the correct password via MSQuery.
Edited by: moslee on Mar 13, 2013 11:52 PM

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SOLUTION!!!!
I had the exact same problem. I have the original 20 GB hard drive that came in my Powerbook G4 550MHz and a couple of years ago I traded up for a 60 GB drive and bought a FW/USB enclosure for my original drive to use it to backup my important files. I hadn't backed up in over a year (shame on me!) and I decided maybe I should erase the drive and start from scratch. It was connected via USB.
At that point DiskUtility gave me the exact same Input/Output error. I tried partitioning the drive into 1 or more partitions but came up with the same error. I couldn't figure out what was wrong so I decided to startup in OS 9.2.2, I did that and let it start up, then plugged in the hard drive and it gave me the standard "This disk is unrecognizable, do you want to eject or erase?" so I clicked Initalize. It worked!
Just make sure you choose the MacOS Extended option when initializing out of OS 9 (instead of the MacOS Standard option) so it can be read and viewed in OS X.
If your computer is too new to be able to boot from an OS 9 folder on your drive or an OS 9 CD, then see if a friend or a local library has older computers that are running OS 9 or can boot from it. If not let me know and you can send me your drive and I'll reformat it.
Kind of crazy...I haven't used the OS 9 partition on my HD in YEARS...was even thinking about erasing it since I don't use any Classic applications anymore...good thing I didn't!
Nick
Powerbook G4 550Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Macbook pro hard drive woes (original failed, new one wont recognize)

So my hard drive recently messed up pretty hard a couple of months ago. I havea mac book pro that was purchased around fall... 20...10? 2011? I'm actually not sure. Anyway, I started it up from the boot disk to wipe it and reinstall everything. Turns out the disk utility said there were bad sectors and needed repair. So I attempted repair, and it said it worked but then I rescanned and it said it needed repair... anyway after about 5 hours of doing all this stuff I said screw it and busted out my external hard drive. I successfully got to install and boot from that. Anyway, I recently got my hands on a 320 gb hitachi hard drive that I plugged in but it wont recognize it in the disk utility, at all. I have no idea why it wont. I know the cable is fine because it shows my other original failing hard drive.
So what do I do? There are no close apple stores or anything and I have pretty much no more money to send it out or anything like that. I just need it to recognize my new hard drive in disk utility.

u can give try to using external enclosre and backup ur files. I hope u will get files back. or using external enclosre with ur hdd boot into Linux and try to mount ur harddisk.
there are multiple no of tutorial to mount apple partion in Linux.

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