Instant Client 11.1 and Visual C++ 2005

Hi..
I'm trying to develop a simple program in c++ using OCCI in MS VC++ 2005 but I can't seem to link the right files.
Can someone help me out with some steps to how to make things work? I'm not used to Visual studio and even less to Oracle libraries.
Since I wanted to not use a lot of space I've downloaded the Instant Client 11.1 and the Instant Clien SDK from the same version. I've been palying with the PATH variable and some extra linking libraries in Visual Studio but I'm still getting some errors.
Are those the only things I have to download and how can I put it to work with Visual C++?
Thanks..

ligacao = env->createConnection (user, passwd, db);
where db is a string in the form of: dblocation:1521/apexMy db string is either:
"//host:port/SID" where SID is of the form DBNAME.DOMAIN, i.e. the full database name as entered in dbca;
or
"SID", where SID is just the DBNAME "alias" (I guess) configured in tnsnames.ora, $ORACLE_HOME/NETWORK/ADMIN.
Note that I'm no expert in these things. I figured out the first form from the doc, and was shown the second by an Oracle Consultant who did the listener.ora and tnsnames.ora himself. See http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/network.111/b28316/naming.htm#NETAG255
--DD

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thanks.

Thanks Sanjay - I had this problem and your suggestion fixed it: setting the TNS_ADMIN did the trick.
Note: This was on a development PC which already had the Oracle Client drivers installed (so I already had a different TNS_NAMES.ORA in that installation).
It is worth noting that on my target deployment machine which DOESN'T have the Oracle Client drivers (just the InstantClient + Instant-ODBC) I didn't need to set TNS_ADMIN
I'm using the 11g InstantClient (11.1.0.6.0 32 bit)
Hope this helps someone, and thanks again Sanjay for posting :o)

Instant Client 11.1 and Visual C++ 2005

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