Instant Client Basic Lite 10.2.0.1 & VS2005

Here is the scenario...built a VB2005 thin client app/10g backend with 9i client installed on local machine....works great. Tried app on another machine and app failed due to the app requiring OC 8.1.7 or greater (this machine had OC 8.0.6.2c). Built an MSI installer to install Instant Client Basic Lite 10.2 files and update path and installed on this machine. Problem fixed so I thought. Works great on machine which previously had OC 8.06.2c, however when installing the app and Instant client on a machine which never had an Oracle client, the app fails stating Oracle Client 8.1.7 or greater must be installed.
What am I missing?
Paul

Thanks for the quick reply.
It is a .NET app which uses the OracleClientAdapter packaged with VS2005. I find it interesting that installing the instant client in combination with OC 8.0.6.2c results in a working App considering 1) The App requires 8.1.7 or above and 2) the info you just provided that it does not yet support .NET.
To answer your question - on the non-working App on the XP machine that has just the PATH set to Instant Client, ORACLE_HOME is not specified. It's is an end users machine, where it was the first time testing the prototype App.
Do you think setting ORACLE_HOME=x:\instantclient has a chance of making the instant client work on this machine? I will try this out tomorrow as the end user is in town and has offered their machine for a couple of hours.
The only significant differences that are obvious to me between my XP machine using instant client successfully and the non- working machine is the following:
Installed on My Machine
===========================
1. OC 8.0.8.2c is previously installed
2. ORACLE_HOME is set
3. TNSNAMES - which doesn't seem to matter - i tested renaming the file to another name and instant client still works
3. Merant Oracle ODBC drivers
Looks like I may be forced to install the full Oracle Client on machines running this App. I'll tryi setting ORACLE_HOME on the non-working machine tomorrow and let you know how it goes.
Thanks,
Paul

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Cross posting from
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(DESCRIPTION =
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(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = ORCL)
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Hello again,
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# Reproducing issue
E:\instantclient_11_1>sqlplus system/manager@//DUMMY-HOST:1521/PROD
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Fri Nov 27 10:37:54 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
ERROR:
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
Enter user-name:
# Hostname is not pingable
E:\instantclient_11_1>ping DUMMY-HOST
Ping request could not find host DUMMY-HOST. Please check the name and try again.
# Pinging host which is alive
E:\instantclient_11_1>ping stlin3p
Pinging stlin3p [192.168.1.123] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.123: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.123:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
# Connecting to port 1521 at DUMMY-HOST fails as well
E:\instantclient_11_1>telnet DUMMY-HOST 1521
Connecting To DUMMY-HOST...Could not open connection to the host, on port 1521:
Connect failed
# Connecting to port 1521 at stlin3p is successful
E:\instantclient_11_1>telnet stlin3p 1521
... connected ...
# Content of tnsnames.ora
PROD =
DESCRIPTION =
ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = stlin3p) (PORT = 1521)
CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = PROD)
# Connecting to DB server using TNS methods is successful
E:\instantclient_11_1>sqlplus system/manager@PROD
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Fri Nov 27 10:36:40 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
# Connecting to DB server using EZCONNECT is also successful
E:\instantclient_11_1>sqlplus system/manager@//stlin3p:1521/PROD
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Fri Nov 27 10:38:21 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production

The Instant Client SDK on Linux was released today

The 10.1.0.3 Linux Instant Client SDK was posted on OTN today. See
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.html
You can now use Instant Client to compile PHP. You need to modify
PHPs configuration scripts first. One suggested change is given in
PHP bug http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31084 The diff in the bug is a
little awkwardly wrapped. Here it is again for ease of
cutting/pasting. See the bug for the other instructions.
-- CJ
--- ext/oci8/config.m4.orig     2004-02-04 01:22:34.000000000 +1100
+++ ext/oci8/config.m4     2004-12-14 18:36:21.000000000 +1100
@@ -38,16 +38,46 @@
       OCI8_VERSION=8.1
     fi
   else
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(Oracle-OCI8 needed libraries not found)
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle (OCI8) required libraries not found])
   fi
   AC_MSG_RESULT($OCI8_VERSION)
-PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle-OCI8 support,
-[ --with-oci8[=DIR]       Include Oracle-oci8 support. Default DIR is ORACLE_HOME.])
+AC_DEFUN(AC_OCI8IC_VERSION,[
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client version])
+ if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libociei.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+    if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1; then
+      if test ! -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([Link from $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME to libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1 not found])
+      fi
+      OCI8_VERSION=10.1
+    else
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client library version not supported])
+    fi
+ else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client libraries not found])
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$OCI8_VERSION])
+])
+
+PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle (OCI8) support using ORACLE_HOME installation,
+[ --with-oci8[[=DIR]]     Include Oracle (OCI8) support using an ORACLE_HOME
+                        install. The default DIR is ORACLE_HOME])
+
+PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8-instant-client, for Oracle (OCI8) support using Oracle Instant Client,
+[ --with-oci8-instant-client[[=DIR]]    Include Oracle (OCI8) support using
+                        Oracle Instant Client. DIR is the directory with the
+                        Instant Client libraries. On Linux it will default to
+                        /usr/lib/oracle/<most_recent_version>/client/lib
+                        Other platforms will need to have it explicitly specified.])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" != "no"; then
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install-Dir])
+
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-oci8 and --with-oci8-instant-client are mutually exclusive])
+ fi
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install Directory])
   if test "$PHP_OCI8" = "yes"; then
     OCI8_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME
   else
@@ -116,14 +146,18 @@
         -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+
     10.1)
       PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
       PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($OCI8_DIR/lib, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+      AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+
-      AC_MSG_ERROR(Unsupported Oracle version!)
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle version])
   esac
@@ -145,10 +179,88 @@
     -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ dnl
+ dnl Check if we have collections
+ dnl
+ PHP_CHECK_LIBRARY(clntsh, OCICollAssign,
+ [
+    AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ ], [], [
+    -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ ])
+
+
   PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
   PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
   PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
   PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
+elif test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client directory])
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" = "yes"; then
+dnl Generally the Instant Client can be anywhere so the user must pass in the
+dnl directory to the libraries. But on Linux we default to the most recent
+dnl version in /usr/lib
+    PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT=`ls -d /usr/lib/oracle/*/client/lib 2> /dev/null | tail -1`
+    if test -z "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client directory not found. Try --with-oci8-instant-client=DIR])
+    fi
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+
+ OCI8_DIR=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client SDK header directory])
+
+dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK RPM install
+ OCISDKRPMINC=`echo "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" | sed -e 's!^/usr/lib/oracle/$.*$/client/lib[[/]]*$!/usr/include/oracle/\1/client!'`
+
+dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK zip file install
+ OCISDKZIPINC=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/sdk/include
+
+ if test -f "$OCISDKRPMINC/oci.h"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKRPMINC)
+    PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKRPMINC)
+    OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKRPMINC
+ elif test -f "$OCISDKZIPINC/oci.h"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKZIPINC)
+    PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKZIPINC)
+    OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKZIPINC
+ else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client SDK header files not found])
+ fi
+
+ OCISYSLIBLIST=`echo "$OCI8INCDIR" | sed -e 's!$.*$/include$!\1/demo/sysliblist!'`
+ if test -f "$OCISYSLIBLIST"; then
+    PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE(`cat $OCISYSLIBLIST`, OCI8_SYSLIB)
+ fi
+
+ AC_OCI8IC_VERSION($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+ case $OCI8_VERSION in
+    10.1)
+      PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+      PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+      ;;
+
+    *)
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle Instant Client version])
+      ;;
+ esac
+
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_INSTANT_CLIENT,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
fi

I've just installed the 10.1.0.3 instant client basic and sdk and php-4.3.9 on a Mandrake 10 Linux system
However I can`t patch the config.m4 file.
patch -p0 config.m4 php_oci8ic_buildpatch
patching file config.m4
Hunk #1 FAILED at 38.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 146.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 179.
3 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file config.m4.rej
config.m4.rej says:
*** 38,53 ****
OCI8_VERSION=8.1
fi
else
- AC_MSG_ERROR(Oracle-OCI8 needed libraries not found)
fi
AC_MSG_RESULT($OCI8_VERSION)
- PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle-OCI8 support,
- [ --with-oci8[=DIR] Include Oracle-oci8 support. Default DIR is ORACLE_HOME.])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" != "no"; then
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install-Dir])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" = "yes"; then
OCI8_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME
else
--- 38,83 ----
OCI8_VERSION=8.1
fi
else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle (OCI8) required libraries not found])
fi
AC_MSG_RESULT($OCI8_VERSION)
+ AC_DEFUN(AC_OCI8IC_VERSION,[
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client version])
+ if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libociei.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+ if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1; then
+ if test ! -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Link from $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME to libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1 not found])
+ fi
+ OCI8_VERSION=10.1
+ else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client library version not supported])
+ fi
+ else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client libraries not found])
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$OCI8_VERSION])
+ ])
+
+ PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle (OCI8) support using ORACLE_HOME installation,
+ [ --with-oci8[[=DIR]] Include Oracle (OCI8) support using an ORACLE_HOME
+ install. The default DIR is ORACLE_HOME])
+
+ PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8-instant-client, for Oracle (OCI8) support using Oracle Instant Client,
+ [ --with-oci8-instant-client[[=DIR]] Include Oracle (OCI8) support using
+ Oracle Instant Client. DIR is the directory with the
+ Instant Client libraries. On Linux it will default to
+ /usr/lib/oracle/<most_recent_version>/client/lib
+ Other platforms will need to have it explicitly specified.])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" != "no"; then
+
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-oci8 and --with-oci8-instant-client are mutually exclusive])
+ fi
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install Directory])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" = "yes"; then
OCI8_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME
else
*** 116,129 ****
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
10.1)
PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($OCI8_DIR/lib, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
- AC_MSG_ERROR(Unsupported Oracle version!)
esac
--- 146,163 ----
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+
10.1)
PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($OCI8_DIR/lib, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle version])
esac
*** 145,154 ****
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
fi
--- 179,266 ----
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ dnl
+ dnl Check if we have collections
+ dnl
+ PHP_CHECK_LIBRARY(clntsh, OCICollAssign,
+ [
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ ], [], [
+ -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ ])
+
+
PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
+ elif test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client directory])
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" = "yes"; then
+ dnl Generally the Instant Client can be anywhere so the user must pass in the
+ dnl directory to the libraries. But on Linux we default to the most recent
+ dnl version in /usr/lib
+ PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT=`ls -d /usr/lib/oracle/*/client/lib 2> /dev/null | tail -1`
+ if test -z "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client directory not found. Try --with-oci8-instant-client=DIR])
+ fi
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+
+ OCI8_DIR=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client SDK header directory])
+
+ dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK RPM install
+ OCISDKRPMINC=`echo "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" | sed -e 's!^/usr/lib/oracle/$.*$/client/lib[[]]*$!/usr/include/oracle/\1/client!'`
+
+ dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK zip file install
+ OCISDKZIPINC=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/sdk/include
+
+ if test -f "$OCISDKRPMINC/oci.h"; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKRPMINC)
+ PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKRPMINC)
+ OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKRPMINC
+ elif test -f "$OCISDKZIPINC/oci.h"; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKZIPINC)
+ PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKZIPINC)
+ OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKZIPINC
+ else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client SDK header files not found])
+ fi
+
+ OCISYSLIBLIST=`echo "$OCI8INCDIR" | sed -e 's!$.*$/include$!\1/demo/sysliblist!'`
+ if test -f "$OCISYSLIBLIST"; then
+ PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE(`cat $OCISYSLIBLIST`, OCI8_SYSLIB)
+ fi
+
+ AC_OCI8IC_VERSION($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+ case $OCI8_VERSION in
+ 10.1)
+ PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ ;;
+
+ *)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle Instant Client version])
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_INSTANT_CLIENT,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
fi
How can i patch the config.m4 file??

Database connectivity problem with instant client.

Guys,
I've installed the Oracle instant client basic and ODBC files in my system.
But when I create a system DSN and test the connectivity my database connectivity,it fails with
ORA-12637:Packet receive failed error
My TNSNAMES reads below:
ONDSP101.DIGITALINDIASW.NET =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = namesrv1.xy.zz.com)(PORT = 1522))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = ONDSP101)
and my SQLNET as below:
AUTOMATIC_IPC = OFF
TRACE_LEVEL_CLIENT = ON
SQLNET.INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT=20
NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN = na.pg.com
NAME.DEFAULT_ZONE = na.pg.com
SQLNET.CRYPTO_SEED = "kdg:9yv2$-plo*u6b2x!"
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH = (ONAMES,TNSNAMES)
NAMES.PREFERRED_SERVERS =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS =
(COMMUNITY = TCP.xy.zz.com)
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = namesrv1.xy.zz.com)
(Port = 1522)
(ADDRESS =
(COMMUNITY = TCP.xy.zz.com)
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = namesrv2.xy.zz.com)
(Port = 1522)
I've placed my TNSNAMES and SQLNET file in the same folder having the instant client files and I've set my TNSADMIN,LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH environmental variable to the folder location.
Note:I'm able to connect to the database using SQLplus.
Thanks,
Bhagat

12637, 00000, "Packet receive failed"
// *Cause: A process was unable to receive a packet from another process.
// Possible causes are:
// 1. The other process was terminated.
// 2. The machine on which the other process is running went down.
// 3. Some other communications error occurred.
// *Action: If the cause is not obvious, contact Oracle Customer Support.
These days I very seldom use ODBC for Oracle - most recently it was simply to get Enterprise Architect to "talk" to Oracle. I never used it for my client applications (unlike in the fast distant past), so what I know about ODBC is seriously outdated.
Even so, a few comments. :-)
Have you tried creating a user DSN, in case a system DSN somehow works different environment wise?
The above error description sounds like the original TCP connection was successful (i.e. it is not a host unknown or not reachable error). Subsequent packets seem to fails.
To confirm, run the listener on namesrv1.xy.zz.com with logging enabled and have a look at the listener.log - does it show a connection being accepted/handled from your PC when you use the ODBC DSN?
Have you tried the Oracle ODBC drivers? When getting EA connected I had problems (also with Instant Client) and Microsoft ODBC driver for Oracle. Downloaded and installed the Oracle ODBC driver and it worked just fine first time around.
PS. You should raise this topic on the Instant Client Forum instead.

Instant Client with SQL Server - HELP!!

G'day all...
My goal is to connect to a server using Oracle Database version 8.1.7.4, from a server which does not have either Oracle Database or the full Oracle Client, preferrably using SQL Server DTS packages.
With that said, I have installed instant client basic and instant client ODBC suppliment on our first development server using the instructions at the following link without any difficulties, although I do admit that I only have a tnsnames.ora file and not a sqlnet.ora file:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.html
The trouble is, when I attempt to deploy it on any of our other servers it fails. When I attempt to connect using Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle in a DTS package in SQL Server I get the following error message:
HResult of 0x8004005 (-2147467259) returned Unexpected error occurred. An error result was returned without an error message.
(Note: This is seen on all other servers I've tried this on except for the first one).
I have also tried setting up a System ODBC connection using the Instant Client driver but it returned this error message:
Unable to connect
SQLState=S1000
[Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-12705: invalid or unknown NLS parameter value specified
In desperation I have also tried installing the Oracle RDB Driver and the Oracle 8.1.7.8.1.0 ODBC driver. Both appear to install successfully yet nothing seems to work.
As far as I can tell,l these are the differences between the first server and the other servers:
- First server is MS SQL Server 2000 version: 8.00.760, rest are 8.00.818
- First server is running MS SQL Server Analysis services, rest are not
- First server is MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server, rest are MS Windows 2000 Server
So my first question: Does anyone know if the Instant Client tool works with SQL Server version: 8.00.818?
My second question: Can anyone else suggest something that I haven't tried yet, short of installing the Full Oracle Client on this server? Not that I'm opposed to doing that, it's just that it's a last resort idea as of now...
Please help - need to roll this into production soon...

Kent, I see that many others have reported that error (doing
a google search), but I see no ready answers. I saw something that
reminded me of a connection string value that I've seen answer some
problems. May be worth a shot for you: try adding this string to
the connection string (in "advanced options") for your datasource:
AuthenticationMethod=Type2
If it doesn't solve it, remove it. But keep it handy in case
it ever may help with some other problem.
Here's one other possible answer for you:
http://www.webmasterkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/coldfusion-server/3206/SQL-Server-2000-Windows-A uth
Sorry I can't be more clear for you.

How to access .dmp data with the Instant Client?

I'm a total beginner, and am trying to access a .Dmp database. I have installed (on Linux i386):
Instant Client Basic 11.2 + SDK + SQLPlus
I'm aware that I have to further set the environment variables ORACLE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and think I know how it should be done.
The files installed in the oracle directory are as follows:
$ ls /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/lib
glogin.sql libocci.so libsqlplusic.so ottclasses.zip
libclntsh.so libocci.so.11.1 libsqlplus.so xstreams.jar
libclntsh.so.11.1 libociei.so ojdbc5.jar
libnnz11.so libocijdbc11.so ojdbc6.jar
$ ls /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/bin
adrci genezi sqlplus
But this is where I hit the wall. Just a couple of questions:
How do I make the Client to access the data? I've read a bit about name resolution such as tnsnames.ora and EZConnect, but have no idea what these are, even conceptually.
How do I actually start/configure the Oracle client? Is there an executable somewhere?
Can the .dmp file be even read by the client or do I have to use the SQLPlus to make queries (as I've read somewhere)?
As you see I'm clueless. What are the next steps, or could you point me to a practical tutorial that would show what I need to do.
Thanks a lot for any help..

user9020180 wrote:
Right,
I browsed the manual, but I didn't understand whether the import utility part of the oracle database software?
Are there any freely downloadable tools by which I can import the data (and then read with a client?).Everything in the Utilities manual is part of the database software set. If you have a database, you have all of those utilities. If you don't have a database, no third party equivalent to those utilities (if such existed) would be of any value.
Depending on your database version, the .dmp file could have been created with either 'exp' (export) or 'expdp' (datapump). Unfortunately, by default both utilities produce a file with the .dmp extension, but they are different formats and not interchangeable. You will need to find out exactly how the .dmp file was created. Actually, you need to find out the entire command used to create it, not just which utility, because the options used at export time will affect what options are available and desirable at import time.

Sqlplus error - instant client 10.1.0.2 with 8.1.7.4

Hi,
I've installed the instant client basic & sql plus from rpm on a debian system. When I try to connect with sqlplus I get
SP2-0642: SQL*Plus internal error state 2165, context 4294967295:0:0
The sqlplus cmd line I use should have everything it needs cause I don't have a tnsnames.ora. Here's the cmd line with user & password as xxx
sqlplus xxx/xxx@"(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=172.25.178.191)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=PWDEV03)))"
Can someone please give me an idea how to figure this out?
Thanks,
Scott

Did you read the Release Notes? It often includes some basic setup instructions.
If you also have DB 8.1.7 installed, which includes Client and RSFs, the problem could be with env setup. Be sure paths (eg. PATH) do not include any reference to 8.1.7 files. (so you're not running a mix-up of different installations)
It is usually a good idea to use an env script for each "oracle home", if you want to run two or more installations (from same user).
Instant Client product home
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.html
Instant Client OTN forum
Instant Client

Win7 x64 - how to configure 32-bit Instant Client

I am having difficulty getting Instant Client to establish an ODBC link to Excel 2007, a 32-bit app. My OS is Windows 7 Professional x64 on a Windows 2008 domain.
I installed Oracle 11g Client 64-bit (11.2.0.3.0), Instant Client Basic 64bit, and Instant Client ODBC 64bit. Path and TNSNAMES parameters were set correctly, and I was able to use Windows Admin Tools to successfully establish a connection to PowerSchool's Oracle database. So far, so good.
When I tried to use this connection in Excel 2007, I got an error message stating that "the specified DSN contains an architecture mismatch between the Driver and Application." More research led me to conclude that I need to install 32-bit Instant Client Basic and ODBC.
So I downloaded the appropriate versions of both of these, installed it into c:\ora\<username>\product\11.2.0\client32 (a sibling to the 64-bit client_2 folder), and now I'm stumped. Running windows\sysWOW64\odbcad2.exe, I see what I think is the 64-bit client, which gives an error message about incompatible architecture (again, 64 vs 32 bit).
What parameters need to be set with odbcad2.exe, and how? Do I need to run the odbcconf.exe program in sysWOW64? I tried adding the ...\client32 folder to PATH; no effect. Is this described in excruciating detail anywhere?

Ferdimar,
This problem sounds like the server is incorrectly configured. You can try verifying that it is setup correctly for the TNS listener.

Instant client on windows 8

Why instant client doesn't work on windows 8?
I have windows 8 x64, oracle instant client basic-nt 12.1.0.1.0 and launch error "Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-01019."
PS: It works fine with same settings of environment variables on windows 7 (ORACLE_HOME, TNS_ADMIN, PATH).

adasiko wrote:
Why instant client doesn't work on windows 8?
I have windows 8 x64, oracle instant client basic-nt 12.1.0.1.0 and launch error "Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-01019."
PS: It works fine with same settings of environment variables on windows 7 (ORACLE_HOME, TNS_ADMIN, PATH).
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