ODBC Driver-specific TNSName issue

I seem to be having a problem resolving TNSnames frm a local TNS file that is unique to the ODBC driver and would appreciate suggestions.
I have Oracle Client 10.2.0.3 and the like-versioned ODBC driver, on Windows Vista SP1. We are configured to use a central TNS Names file with an IFILE entry that includes a per-user names file. The IFILE entry looks like this:
IFILE=h:\oracle_tns\tnsnames.ora
(Everyone has an H drive in our environment).
The Oracle ODBC Driver, ONLY, seems to not be able to use names in the 'included' personal names file (you always get a name not resolved error). Interestingly, the dropdown list in the TNS Service Name part of the Oracle DNS configuration dialog has an entry for 'IFILE', and not any entries for the names in the included file. Even manually entered names don't work.
HOWEVER, these same names work fine with both SQL*Plus and the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle.
Looks like a bug in the Oracle ODBC driver - though I can't understand why it's doing name lookup differently than SQL*Plus is. ANyway, did a look with Process Monitor and verified that doing a test connection in the ODBC DSN configuraiton dialog doesn't even try to open the 'included' file, just the central one, while doign the same thing with SQL*Plus DOES open the 'included' file.
Can anyone confirm this issue occurs and/or doesn't occur, and with other ODBC driver versions? Anyone know of any fiix or workaround to get my included file's names to work?

Doh.
I have figured out my problem.
We have a custom set of policy for Vista UAC in our setup, especially for 'privileged users', who have administrator-like permissions. When these users get elevated, some quirk in how things works means they lose a few things - one of those things is the 'H' drive. I noticed that eaerlier in testing our new PC iamges but hadn't tweaked to the ramifications. I'll have to ask our Windows admin guys why it works that way; not an Oracle issue, anyhow.
I'd been testing the Oracle ODBC driver using the ODBC Administrator applet.
When you start the applet, and you're a 'privileged user', you get the UAC elevation prompt.
So I was, in effect, disconnecting my H drive. Needless to say, that disconnected me from my personal names file...
Tested with an ODBC-enabled app, not elevated, and everything works fine.
Thanks for the suggestion to check with purely-local files, which got me started; would've taken quite a bit longer to figure things out otherwise!

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Oracle Corporation --- THURSDAY SEP 30 2010 10:39:28.243
Heterogeneous Agent Release
11.2.0.1.0
Oracle Corporation --- THURSDAY SEP 30 2010 10:39:28.243
Version 11.2.0.1.0
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HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL" returned "4"
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setting HS_OPEN_CURSORS to default of 50
setting HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT to default of "RECOVER"
setting HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD to default value
setting HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_LOG to default of HS_TRANSACTION_LOG
setting HS_IDLE_TIMEOUT to default of 0
setting HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_ISOLATION to default of "READ_COMMITTED"
setting HS_NLS_NCHAR to default of "AL32UTF8"
setting HS_FDS_TIMESTAMP_MAPPING to default of "DATE"
setting HS_FDS_DATE_MAPPING to default of "DATE"
setting HS_RPC_FETCH_REBLOCKING to default of "ON"
setting HS_FDS_FETCH_ROWS to default of "100"
setting HS_FDS_RESULTSET_SUPPORT to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_RSET_RETURN_ROWCOUNT to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_PROC_IS_FUNC to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_CHARACTER_SEMANTICS to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_MAP_NCHAR to default of "TRUE"
setting HS_NLS_DATE_FORMAT to default of "YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS"
setting HS_FDS_REPORT_REAL_AS_DOUBLE to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_LONG_PIECE_TRANSFER_SIZE to default of "65536"
setting HS_SQL_HANDLE_STMT_REUSE to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_QUERY_DRIVER to default of "TRUE"
setting HS_FDS_SUPPORT_STATISTICS to default of "FALSE"
Parameter HS_FDS_QUOTE_IDENTIFIER is not set
setting HS_KEEP_REMOTE_COLUMN_SIZE to default of "OFF"
setting HS_FDS_GRAPHIC_TO_MBCS to default of "FALSE"
setting HS_FDS_MBCS_TO_GRAPHIC to default of "FALSE"
Default value of 64 assumed for HS_FDS_SQLLEN_INTERPRETATION
setting HS_CALL_NAME_ISP to "gtw$:SQLTables;gtw$:SQLColumns;gtw$:SQLPrimaryKeys;gtw$:SQLForeignKeys;gtw$:SQLProcedures;gtw$:SQLStatistics;gtw$:SQLGetInfo"
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Exiting hgosdip, rc=0
ORACLE_SID is "testag"
Product-Info:
Port Rls/Upd:1/0 PrdStat:0
Agent:Oracle Database Gateway for ODBC
Facility:hsa
Class:ODBC, ClassVsn:11.2.0.1.0_0008, Instance:testag
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HOCXU_COMP_CSET=1
HOCXU_DRV_CSET=31
HOCXU_DRV_NCHAR=873
HOCXU_DB_CSET=31
HOCXU_SEM_VER=112000
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HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_SHAREABLE_NAME" returned "/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so"
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLAllocHandle
symbol_peflctx=0xaab20640
hoaerr:0
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLBindCol
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLBindParameter
symbol_peflctx=0xaab153d0
hoaerr:0
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLCancel
symbol_peflctx=0xaab10200
hoaerr:0
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLDescribeParam
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hoaerr:0
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLConnect
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLDriverConnect
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLExecDirect
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hoaerr:0
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLForeignKeys
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLGetDescField
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLGetDiagField
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hoaerr:0
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLGetInfo
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLGetTypeInfo
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLPrepare
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLPrimaryKeys
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLProcedureColumns
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libname=/usr/local/OpenLink/lib/libodbc.so, funcname=SQLSetStmtAttr
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Exiting hgolofn, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
HOSGIP for "HS_OPEN_CURSORS" returned "50"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_FETCH_ROWS" returned "100"
HOSGIP for "HS_LONG_PIECE_TRANSFER_SIZE" returned "65536"
HOSGIP for "HS_NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTER" returned ".,"
HOSGIP for "HS_KEEP_REMOTE_COLUMN_SIZE" returned "OFF"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_DELAYED_OPEN" returned "TRUE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_WORKAROUNDS" returned "0"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_MBCS_TO_GRAPHIC" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_GRAPHIC_TO_MBCS" returned "FALSE"
Invalid value of 64 given for HS_FDS_SQLLEN_INTERPRETATION
treat_SQLLEN_as_compiled = 1
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Entered hgolgon at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
reco:0, name:readonly, tflag:0
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HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT" returned "RECOVER"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_LOG" returned "HS_TRANSACTION_LOG"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_TIMESTAMP_MAPPING" returned "DATE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_DATE_MAPPING" returned "DATE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_CHARACTER_SEMANTICS" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_MAP_NCHAR" returned "TRUE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_RESULTSET_SUPPORT" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_RSET_RETURN_ROWCOUNT" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_PROC_IS_FUNC" returned "FALSE"
HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_REPORT_REAL_AS_DOUBLE" returned "FALSE"
using readonly as default value for "HS_FDS_DEFAULT_OWNER"
HOSGIP for "HS_SQL_HANDLE_STMT_REUSE" returned "FALSE"
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HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO = "testag"
RC=-1 from HOSGIP for "HS_FDS_CONNECT_STRING"
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dsn:testag, name:readonly
optn:
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dsn:testag
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##>Connect Parameters (len=40)<##
## DSN=testag;
#! UID=readonly;
#! PWD=*
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0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x0000 0x0000 0xFA00 0x3F5F
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DriverName:pgr7_mt_lt.so, DriverVer:06.01.0524 OpenLink PostgreSQL Lite Driver
DBMS Name:PostgreSQL, DBMS Version:07.02.0000
Exiting hgocont, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
SQLGetInfo returns Y for SQL_CATALOG_NAME
SQLGetInfo returns 32 for SQL_MAX_CATALOG_NAME_LEN
Exiting hgolgon, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgoulcp at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgowlst at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Exiting hgowlst, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
SQLGetInfo returns 0x0 for SQL_OWNER_USAGE
TXN Capable:2, Isolation Option:0xa
SQLGetInfo returns 0 for SQL_MAX_SCHEMA_NAME_LEN
SQLGetInfo returns 32 for SQL_MAX_TABLE_NAME_LEN
SQLGetInfo returns 32 for SQL_MAX_PROCEDURE_NAME_LEN
SQLGetInfo returns " (0x22) for SQL_IDENTIFIER_QUOTE_CHAR
SQLGetInfo returns N for SQL_COLUMN_ALIAS
5 instance capabilities will be uploaded
capno:1964, context:0x00000000, add-info: 0
capno:1989, context:0x00000000, add-info: 0
capno:1991, context:0x00000000, add-info: 0
capno:1992, context:0x0001ffff, add-info: 0
capno:3007, context:0x00000000, add-info: -3, translation:"36"
Exiting hgoulcp, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgouldt at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
NO instance DD translations were uploaded
Exiting hgouldt, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgobegn at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
tflag:0 , initial:1
hoi:0x2db07578, ttid (len 26) is ...
00: 4D4D4D41 54524958 2E623835 34333234 [testac.b854324]
10: 322E382E 31332E37 3936 [2.8.13.796]
tbid (len 23) is ...
00: 4D4D4D41 54524958 5B382E31 332E3739 [testac[8.13.79]
10: 365D5B31 2E345D [6][1.4]]
Exiting hgobegn, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgodtab at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
count:1
table: cognos_enrollmentdtl_s
Allocate hoada[0] @ 0x5f38a60
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:1(trial_id): dtype:4 (INTEGER), prc/scl:10/0, nullbl:1, octet:0, sign:1, radix:10
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:2(trial_name): dtype:12 (VARCHAR), prc/scl:64/0, nullbl:1, octet:0, sign:1, radix:10
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:3(subjcnt): dtype:4 (INTEGER), prc/scl:10/0, nullbl:1, octet:0, sign:1, radix:10
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:4(total_expected_enrollment): dtype:4 (INTEGER), prc/scl:10/0, nullbl:1, octet:0, sign:1, radix:10
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:5(site_name): dtype:12 (VARCHAR), prc/scl:256/0, nullbl:1, octet:0, sign:1, radix:10
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
The hoada for table cognos_enrollmentdtl_s follows...
hgodtab, line 876: Printing hoada @ 0x5f38a60
MAX:5, ACTUAL:5, BRC:1, WHT=6 (TABLE_DESCRIBE)
hoadaMOD bit-values found (0x200:TREAT_AS_CHAR)
DTY NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 trial_id
12 VARCHAR Y 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 200 trial_name
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 subjcnt
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 total_expected_enrollment
12 VARCHAR Y 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 200 site_name
Exiting hgodtab, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgodafr, cursor id 0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Free hoada @ 0x5f38a60
Exiting hgodafr, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopars, cursor id 1 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
type:0
SQL text from hgopars, id=1, len=151 ...
00: 53454C45 43542041 312E2274 7269616C [SELECT A1."trial]
10: 5F696422 2C41312E 22747269 616C5F6E [_id",A1."trial_n]
20: 616D6522 2C41312E 22737562 6A636E74 [ame",A1."subjcnt]
30: 222C4131 2E22746F 74616C5F 65787065 [",A1."total_expe]
40: 63746564 5F656E72 6F6C6C6D 656E7422 [cted_enrollment"]
50: 2C41312E 22736974 655F6E61 6D652220 [,A1."site_name" ]
60: 46524F4D 2022636F 676E6F73 5F656E72 [FROM "cognos_enr]
70: 6F6C6C6D 656E7464 746C5F73 22204131 [ollmentdtl_s" A1]
80: 20574845 52452041 312E2274 7269616C [ WHERE A1."trial]
90: 5F696422 3D3339 [_id"=39]
Exiting hgopars, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgoopen, cursor id 1 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
hgoopen, line 86: NO hoada to print
Deferred open until first fetch.
Exiting hgoopen, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgodscr, cursor id 1 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Allocate hoada @ 0x5f38a60
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:1(trial_id): dtype:4 (INTEGER), prc/scl:10/0, nullbl:2, octet:0, sign:1, radix:0
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:2(trial_name): dtype:12 (VARCHAR), prc/scl:64/0, nullbl:2, octet:64, sign:1, radix:0
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:3(subjcnt): dtype:4 (INTEGER), prc/scl:10/0, nullbl:2, octet:64, sign:1, radix:0
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:4(total_expected_enrollment): dtype:4 (INTEGER), prc/scl:10/0, nullbl:2, octet:64, sign:1, radix:0
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgopcda at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Column:5(site_name): dtype:12 (VARCHAR), prc/scl:256/0, nullbl:2, octet:256, sign:1, radix:0
Exiting hgopcda, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
hgodscr, line 880: Printing hoada @ 0x5f38a60
MAX:5, ACTUAL:5, BRC:100, WHT=5 (SELECT_LIST)
hoadaMOD bit-values found (0x200:TREAT_AS_CHAR)
DTY NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 trial_id
12 VARCHAR Y 64 64 0/ 0 0 0 200 trial_name
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 subjcnt
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 total_expected_enrollment
12 VARCHAR Y 256 256 0/ 0 0 0 200 site_name
Exiting hgodscr, rc=0 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
Entered hgoftch, cursor id 1 at 2010/09/30-10:39:28
hgoftch, line 130: Printing hoada @ 0x5f38a60
MAX:5, ACTUAL:5, BRC:100, WHT=5 (SELECT_LIST)
hoadaMOD bit-values found (0x200:TREAT_AS_CHAR)
DTY NULL-OK LEN MAXBUFLEN PR/SC CST IND MOD NAME
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 trial_id
12 VARCHAR Y 64 64 0/ 0 0 0 200 trial_name
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 subjcnt
4 INTEGER Y 4 4 0/ 0 0 0 0 total_expected_enrollment
12 VARCHAR Y 256 256 0/ 0 0 0 200 site_name
Performing delayed open.
SQLBindCol: column 1, cdatatype: -16, bflsz: 4
SQLBindCol: column 2, cdatatype: 1, bflsz: 65
SQLBindCol: column 3, cdatatype: -16, bflsz: 4
SQLBindCol: column 4, cdatatype: -16, bflsz: 4
SQLBindCol: column 5, cdatatype: 1, bflsz: 257
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 1, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 1, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 2, bflsz: 65, bflar: 15
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 2, bflsz: 65, bflar: 15, (bfl: 64, mbl: 64)
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 3, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 3, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 4, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 4, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 5, bflsz: 257, bflar: 23
SQLFetch: row: 1, column 5, bflsz: 257, bflar: 23, (bfl: 256, mbl: 256)
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 1, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 1, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 2, bflsz: 65, bflar: 15
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 2, bflsz: 65, bflar: 15, (bfl: 0, mbl: 64)
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 3, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 3, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 4, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 4, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 5, bflsz: 257, bflar: 35
SQLFetch: row: 2, column 5, bflsz: 257, bflar: 35, (bfl: 0, mbl: 256)
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 1, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 1, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 2, bflsz: 65, bflar: 15
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 2, bflsz: 65, bflar: 15, (bfl: 0, mbl: 64)
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 3, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 3, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 4, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8
SQLFetch: row: 3, column 4, bflsz: 4, bflar: 8, (bfl: 4, mbl: 4)
i will paste the remaing trace in another reply..as the 30000 char exceeded
Edited by: Kodali.S on Sep 30, 2010 8:22 AM
Edited by: Kodali.S on Sep 30, 2010 8:25 AM

Oracle 9i Lite Issue with ODBC driver

Cannot reference table in user schema without schema ref
I create a user TESTUSR and a table TESTTBL, and when I log in with user TESTUSR in SQL*Plus,
the following will work just fine.
SELECT * FROM TESTTBL
but then when my ASP on IIS does the same SELECT,
it will report "[POL-5130] table or view not found".
But if I use a schema alias,
SELECT * FROM TESTUSR.TESTTBL
it will work fine.
ODBC Admin shows: "Oracle Lite 40 ODBC Driver 4.00.00.00".
Is this a bug ?

I connect to the database through the same user that created those tables. Do I still need a public synonym ?

Oracle 9i Lite ODBC driver issues

Does the 9i Lite driver support a concept of username and password when getting a connection?
With the Oracle 8i Personal ODBC driver, we are doing this, and then if we give a query like 'SELECT CASE_ID FROM CASE_AX', it works; but with the Lite driver, it expects the query to be 'SELECT CASE_ID FROM AXAPG2USER.CASE_AX'. Can we somehow avoid giving the schema name when referring to tables? (This is actually not a big problem, but we would still like to know if there is a way.)

Are you logging in as AXAPG2USER? Generally, Oracle assumes that non-qualified table names are in the current user's schema. If you want to expose tables in one user's schema to another user without having to qualify the table name, you'll want to create a synonym in the second user's schema that resolves to the table in the first user's schema.
Justin

Jdbc:odbc driver connection issues

I need to use the jdbc:odbc driver to access a non-oracle db from a jsp. I am sure my dsn is fine as I can use a non JSP java app to connect to the odbc db. I have loaded the sun.jdbc.odbc classes in the schema I am working in as it is not loaded by default in 9.2.0.7 currently I am on a windows system. I have found the following:
public static void doTest()throws Exception{
// load the local Oracle Driver
DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
connLocalOracle = new OracleDriver().defaultConnection();
// load the odbc driver
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
if I exit at this point the jsp does not through an exception
however if I include the line:
connODBC = DriverManager.getConnection(odbcURL,"XX","XX");
I get the error:
SQL> execute do_jdbc_odbc_test;
BEGIN do_jdbc_odbc_test; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29532: Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.allocConnect
ORA-06512: at "TU1.DO_JDBC_ODBC_TEST", line 0
ORA-06512: at line 1
So I am assuming I am loading the driver but the driver is not talking to the odbc configuration in windows.
What permissions would I need to give to the user to allow this connection to occur?
How can I find out if this is indeed the case?
If not how can I make this connection happen using ODBC?

If by jsp you mean Java Stored Procedure, the hybrid JDbc-ODBC stack won't work. You can connect to non-Oracle RDBMS from within Java in the database by using a pure Java JDBC driver of the target RDBM. Fwiw, a complete example connecting to SQl Server from with JavaDB is described in my upcoming book. (See http://db360.blogspot.com/)
Kuassi

After Upgrade OBI 10g to 11g:Odbc driver returned an error - SQLExecDirectW

Hi all,
for an OBI upgrade from 10g to 11g I used a RPD and Webcatalog based on a remote machine other than my local machine. Firstable I am making the tests on a Linux Virtual machine, which uses the Sample Lite version from Oracle.
I made the following steps:
1. I upgraded the RPD and Webcatalog. It worked without any errors.
2. I set the static variable BI_EE_HOME via Administration Tool to the path in the Linux machine.
--> Here I am not sure if the set path is correct. It begins with: \bi\ ...\instances\...\coreapplication_obis1 (... : I can't mention here the whole path name).
--> When the OBI Server is installed in Windows, the mentioned static variable points to something like 'C:\<install folder>\...\coreapplication_obis1'
--> Question: is the begin of my set path correct?. I set that pointing to the Linux OBI Server, because the OBI Server is installed on Linux.
Problem:
After login as the user in RPD: Administrator/<Password for my upgraded RPD> I can see the links in the Catalog and the Dashboards links. But I can not see any values, any Reports when going through the links.
For example when trying to see a Dashboard with date 12.02.2011it happens:
Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW).
Status: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] general error.
[nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS.
[nQSError: 43119] Query Failed:
[nQSError: 17001] Oracle Error code: 12154, message: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
at OCI call OCIServerAttach.
[nQSError: 17014] Could not connect to Oracle database. (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT "Dimension_-_My Dimension"."MyDimension" saw_0 FROM "Accounting (ACC)" WHERE "Dimension_-_My Dimension"."MyDimension" LIKE 'J%' ORDER BY saw_0
I think its not retrieving the data from the remote database, because I don't have the data of the remote database in my local. I think the OBI Server still is pointing to the local virtual machine Oracle database.
Can anybody tell me what happens here and how can I solve this problem?.
I would appreciate any help....

Hi gerardnico,
I've tried many things and did as in your articles, but I don't have success with that.
These are the things I did:
1. I searched for the file tnsnames.ora in my Linux virtual machine. I could find it in many paths:
/.../Oracle_BI1/network/admin/samples/tnsnames.ora
/.../oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/hs/admin/tnsnames.ora.sample
/.../oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
/.../oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin/samples/tnsnames.ora
/.../oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin/temp/tnsnames.ora
/.../usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin
in the last path I found the listener.ora as well.
2. I took the tnsnames.ora from the last path, because the ORACLE_HOME points to /.../usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server
3. I edited the tnsnames.ora this way:
# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File:
XE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = host_of_the_remote_machine)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = database_name_of_the_remote_machine)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC_FOR_XE))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = database_SID_of_the_remote_machine)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
4. I made a backup of the tnsnames.ora in path /.../Oracle_BI1/network/admin/samples/tnsnames.ora
and copied the tnsnames.ora from /.../usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin to the Oracle_BI1 path
5. I set the TNS_ADMIN to /.../usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin
6. I restarted the BI Server
No success in what I did. The error is still there.
7. I've tried also: sqlplus database_user_remote_machine/database_password_remote_machine@database_SID_remote_machine
I didn't get the connection:
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Thu Jun 16 04:36:10 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
ERROR:
ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified
Enter user-name: database_user_remote_machine
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
What am I doing wrong here?. I am still thinking that I need the import of the database.
Additional SID=Service-Name=Database-name in the remote machine.

Odbc driver error while OBIEE instal on LINUX tries to access Datawarehouse

Hi All,
I have installed OBI Apps on a LINUX machine.The ETL too ran successfully.As we can't install BI tool on LINUX I modified the OracleBIAnalyticsApps.rpd file on a Windows machine and copied it back to the LINUX machine.After modifying the NSQConfig.ini file I could see all the OBI Apps answers and Dashboards ie OBI Apps was installed on LINUX.But whwnever I try to access some data from OLAP i get the following error:
Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW).
Error Details
Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 16023] The ODBC function has returned an error. The database may not be available, or the network may be down. (HY000)
SQL Issued: SELECT Time."Year" FROM "Human Resources - Workforce Profile" ORDER BY 1
Probably this is because all the DSN specified in the rpd file were present on the Windows machine.I don't know how to modify these values for LINUX.Please help.Nothing is mentioned in the install docc as far as LINUX installation is concerned.
regards,
Soumya.

I think when your BI Server is running on linux, you would use native drivers to connect to your data warehouse database and not ODBC. If your data warehouse is on a oracle db server, change the call interfact in the RPD connection pool to OCI and give the tnsname for the db server connection in the connection pool.

Oracle 10g ODBC driver with Windows 7 32 bit connecting to Excel

Hi Everyone,
I'm having an issue connecting to our oracle 10g database (64 bit system) from a 32 bit windows 7 installation running excel 2010/2007 using odbc drivers. Our excel spreadsheets worked without issue in windows xp.
In windows 7 I have been able to install the odbc driver via the following method:
1. Download the oracle 'basic' client and oracle 'odbc' client from www.oracle.com and extract the contents:
instantclient-basic-win32-10.2.0.3-20061115
instantclient-odbc-win32-10.2.0.3-20061115
2. Create a folder 'oracle' and place the instantclient_10_2 folder inside.
3. Ensure all the basic and odbc files reside in this folder.
4. Create a 'network' folder within instantclient_10_2
5. Create an 'admin' folder within 'network'
6. Create sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora files within the 'admin' folder:
7. Run 'obdc_install' within the instantclient_10_2 folder
8. Download and run the oracle odbc driver exe file from www.oracle.com (ORA10203.exe)
9. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Data Sources and create a new System DN
This allows excel spreadsheets connecting ONLY to oracle to function.
Unfortunately some of our spreadsheets connect to both a MySQL database as well as oracle. Spreadsheets connecting only to MySQL also function correctly, however, as soon as the vb associated with a spreadsheet includes a mysql call followed by an oracle call the spreadsheets fail. In Excel 2007 excel crashes completely everytime. In Excel 2010 the mysql data is generated, then when the script hits to oracle odbc connection there is a long pause, the oracle ODBC driver connect pops up requesting a username/password (this didn't happen in xp), then the data source selection pops up, then the username/password connect screen pops up again, and finally it fails with a runtime error '1004' General ODBC error.
If you look at the VB script it's failing at the Refresh BackgroundQuery statement in the ODBC connection block:
With Worksheets("Oracle1").QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
"ODBC;DSN=Oracle_ODBC;UID=user;PWD=password;SERVER=ORACLE_LINUX;", _
Destination:=Worksheets("Oracle1").Range("A1"))
.CommandText = strSql
.Name = "Oracle1_data"
.FieldNames = True
.RowNumbers = False
.FillAdjacentFormulas = False
.PreserveFormatting = True
.RefreshOnFileOpen = False
.BackgroundQuery = True
.RefreshStyle = xlOverwriteCells
.SavePassword = True
.SaveData = True
.AdjustColumnWidth = True
.RefreshPeriod = 0
.PreserveColumnInfo = True
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
Does anyone know how to get around this? It's very important!!
Also if you try to edit the oracle ODBC connections in Control Panels -> Administrative Tools -> Data Sources, ODBC crashes 95% of the time.
Advice greatly appreciated!!

Well, here's what I'd check anyway..
1) get Process Explorer from http://sysinternals.com
2) make a mysql connection, get a list of dll's loaded (include the location and version columns in the lower pane output)
3) close that, then make an ora odbc connection, get a list of dlls.
4) close that, then make a mysql connection followed by an ora odbc connection, get a list of dlls
5) compare the lists of loaded dlls. In particular, the difference between #3 and #4, is there a dll dependency that gets loaded by oracle's odbc that comes from a different location when you've opened a mysql connection first?
May or may not help, but might turn up a difference to help point you in a direction.
Greg

ODBC Driver update

Hi
I'm an Oracle novice, but have been fault-finding with an application at work, built in Powerbuilder, which seems to have issues with the ODBC driver that ships with Oracle 8.1.7
Basically, some date/time fields in the application are totally incorrect, and I suspect that an update to a newer version of the ODBC driver (newer than the vanilla one that ships with the install CD) will resolve the problem.
Unfortunately, however, I have absolutely no experience fiddling with Oracle, so I'm stumped as to how to go about this. A bit of research has led me to the Oracle site, where I have managed to download the driver update, (8.1.7.6) and I have ascertained that I need to run the Oracle Universal Installer and edit the tnsnames.ora file.
This is as far as I've got!
Help! Please!

The Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) should be installed on your machine as part of the installation of the Oracle client. On Windows, there should be an Oracle Installation Products option in your Start menu that goes to the OUI. From there, you merely have to point the OUI at the JAR file for the ODBC driver upgrade you downloaded.
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC

Upgrading ODBC driver

Hi,
We are trying to upgrade our ODBC driver to the latest version using the ora9208.zip file downloaded through
Metalink (I can't see the version number).
The problem we are having is...I follow the instructions for copying the unzipped files into specific places on
the server.
README PART IV:
Copy unzipped ORA9208\bin\sqora32.dll file into C:\Oracle\Ora92\bin on the server.
Copy unzipped ORA9208\bin\sqoras32.dll file into C:\Oracle\Ora92\bin on the server.
Copy unzipped ORA9208\bin\sqresus.dll file into C:\Oracle\Ora92\bin on the server.
All this works ok.
Copy unzipped ORA9208\ODBC\html\ODBCRelnotesUS.htm file into
C:\Oracle\Ora92\ODBC\html on the server.
Copy unzipped ORA9208\readme.txt file into C:\Oracle\Ora92\ODBC\html on the server.
Copy unzipped ORA9208\ODBC\mesg\oraodbus.msb file into C:\Oracle\Ora92\ODBC\mesg on the
server.
Cannot copy any of these files to the server as neither the html or the mesg directories exist on the server.
We fulfilled the prerequisites and upgraded the Oracle client but the same problem persisted.
What we need to know is how can we upgrade to the latest ODBC driver for HP DL385 running Windows Server 2003 (32bit) without experiencing the above issue.
If anyone has had this same issue, PLEASE let me know how you got around it
Thanks,
user567758

You should not perform actions manually, you should let the OUI to perform the actions. If you were required to manually copy files, it mean your services were not properly shutdown at install time and Oracle was not able to overwrite existing files. You should retry operation with all oracle related services down. Sometimes there are files (some dll's) required by third parties who maintain the dll's active at install time. You should take note on this before retrying installation.
~ Madrid.

CR Oracle ODBC Driver

I recently had to reinstall my operating system (Windows XP Pro 32 bit) and applications, which included Crystal Reports. CR was originally setup to access our companies database tables. I also had and ODBC connection setup for CR.
I'm having trouble finding the right ODBC software to reinstall so that the CR Oracle ODBC Driver 5.0 shows up in the Administrative Tools/Data Sources (ODBC)/ Drivers. The only ODBC driver that shows up is the Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle, which won't connect.
Once I have the CR ODBC Driver, then I just need to configure it in the System DSN, and copy the sqlnet.ora and tsnnames.ora files into C:\oracle\ora92\network\ADMIN, which is where it is located on another computer that can connect.
Does anybody know which Oracle software would work for the CR driver issue? Is Oracle supposed to be installed prior to CR so the driver shows up?
It's been several years since this was originallly setup, and not quite sure how to get the CR driver.
Please help! Thanks for your assistance.

if u r running the CR in the current user then you can make the ODBC
in user dsn or System dsn
you are to select the Microsoft ODBC for ORACLE
Then at configuration time the Server will be the Service Name which you have entered in the TNSNAMES.ORA File
eg orcl.
then user name eg; scott
then password as scott;
thne your odbc is created...
you can work with CR with this odbc
if your odbc still not working then go for the latest drivers provider for the oracle 10g
do it
best of luck..

ODBC Driver-specific TNSName issue

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