ODBC Driver for Windows 7 - 64 bit

Question

Hi All,
I am having problems with using the Microsoft ODBC for Oracle Driver in Windows 7 - 64bit system. I am using the following code in my VB script
Set myConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
myConnection.Open "Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};" & "Server=xxxxxx;" & "Uid=xxxxx;" & "Pwd=xxxxx"
Set myRecord = CreateObject("ADODB.recordset")
Sql = "Select * from employees where id= '01234'"
myRecord.Open Sql, myConnection
For Each r In myRecord.Fields
MsgBox r.Name
Next
I get the following error message: "The Oracle (tm) client and networking components are not found. These components are supplied by Oracle Corporation and are part of the Oracle Version 7.3 (or greater) client software installation, You will be unable to use this driver until these components have been installed"
"[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Driver's SQLAllocHandle on SQL_HANDLE_ENV failed"
Can you help me out on which version of Oracle client i need to install and what other settings I need to do on my Windows 7 system after the client installation.

Answer 1

I tried installing "instantclient-basic-windows.x64-11.2.0.4.0" and "instantclient-odbc-windows.x64-11.2.0.4.0" both. I ran the odbc_install.exe in command prompt as administrator and got the message "Oracle ODBC Driver is installed successfully."
I also set the environment Variable "Path" as "C:\instantclient_11_2".
But when tried to use the above VBScript to connect to the Oracle DB, i get the same error message. I am really stuck with this for past two days.