[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I downloaded cx_Oracle from >http://www.cxtools.net/default.aspx?nav=cxorlb and selected the windows >installer for Oracle 8i, Python 2.4 > >>From the readme.txt file: >BINARY INSTALL: >Place the file cx_Oracle.pyd or cx_Oracle.so anywhere on your Python >path. > >So I tried this and set PYTHONPATH. > >I then created a script called ora_conn.py with one line: >import cx_Oracle > >When I run the script (c:\python24\python.exe ora_conn.py) I get this >error in a pop-up box: > >"The procedure entry point OCIEnvCreate could not be located in the >dynamic link ligrary OCI.dll > >The bottom line of what I want to do is to connect to an oracle >database without having to create an ODBC connection on the individual >PC. > >Any ideas? Thanks. > > > are you running on windows or linux? On both of these os's I only needed to install the binary. Have a look at this page on sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=84168
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