Is Oracle 11g supported by PL/SQL Developer?

[Lbeaucage]

I am currently running Oracle 11g on a 64 bit Vista Ultimate machine. Oracle 11g is the only version of Oracle on the machine. I have installed PL/SQL Developer but when I start it and try to connect to my database, I get an initialization error. It says it finds the oci.dll and gives my correcdt oracle home but it says it couldn't load the oci.dll. I don't have any trouble connecting to the database via SQL*Plus or other Oracle tools. Has anyone seen this error? Does anyone have a work around?

Thanks,
~Leo

 

[Lbeaucage]

I found the system requirements below. I will have to make sure I have a 32-bit SQL*Net.

System requirements
PL/SQL Developer will run on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. The supported Oracle Server versions are 7.x, 8.x, 8i, 9i, 10g and 11g on any platform. To connect to an Oracle database, PL/SQL Developer requires a 32-bit SQL*Net, Net 8, Net 9, Net 10 or Net 11 version.

 

[Marco Kalter]

You will indeed need to install a 32 Bit Oracle Client. PL/SQL Developer is a 32 Bit application, so it cannot interface with a 64 Bit Oracle Client.

The 32 Bit Oracle Client can communicate with a 64 Bit Server, even on the same machine if necessary.