error message in connecting with Oracle8I

[alain]

Dear Marco Kalter
I work in ING Bank in Paris and we have to choose a BDE replacement to access to an Oracle server and that's why I downloaded the latests trial versions of DOA and another product(ODAC)to evaluate these products.
I'm very suprised to see that i'm not able to connect to a simple database with aTOracleSession component and I get an error message from oracle saying that the table or the view are not existing.I'm sure that it's not a big problem maybe a problem of configuration(i'm working with Oracle 8I server and client).
This problem does not occurs with ODAC and we don't want to choose a BDE replacement without trying your product because we are sure it's the best.
could you help me please?
tell me if you need to know the exact versions of Oracle8I server and client
thanks by advance

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[Marco Kalter]

If you get this error during logon, then I can only assume that the dual table is not accessible to the user. Could this be the case? If not, then perhaps you can use the Oracle Monitor to find out what SQL is fired when this error occurs. Just include the OracleMonitor unit in the uses clause of the main form of your project, start the Oracle Monitor, start the application, try to connect, and wait for a 'red' activity in the Oracle Monitor.

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Marco Kalter
Allround Automations