Originally posted by mkalter:
You must make sure that the BDE and Direct Oracle Access are using the same SQL*Net or Net8 DLL. You can force Direct Oracle Access to use a specific DLL by setting the global OCIDLL variable before connecting to a database. This variable is located and documented in the OracleCI unit. At design time you can set the OCIDLL in the Oracle Preferences menu.
If, for example, the BDE uses ora73.dll (SQL*Net 2.3), then you need to set OCIDLL to 'ora73.dll'.