OCIEnvCreate Cause AV error

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Oracle Version: 8.1.7.3
Oracle client: 8.1
Windows NT
DOA version: 3.4.5

Error:Access violation at address 02F19718 in module 'OraClient8.Dll'. Read of address 00000000

Here is other information:
OracleHomeKey: SOFTWARE\ORACLE\HOME0
OracleHomeDir: C:\Oracle\Ora81
Found: oci.dll
Using: C:\Oracle\Ora81\bin\oci.dll
Load lib: C:\Oracle\Ora81\bin\oci.dll

12:48:21 PM OCIEnvCreate(envhp, EnvMode, nil, nil, nil, nil, 0, nil) ErrCode: -1
12:48:21 PM OCIHandleAlloc(envhp, svchp, OCI_HTYPE_SVCCTX, 0, nil) ErrCode: 0
12:48:21 PM OCIHandleAlloc(envhp, errhp, OCI_HTYPE_ERROR, 0, nil) ErrCode: 0
12:48:21 PM OCIHandleAlloc(envhp, secerrhp, OCI_HTYPE_ERROR, 0, nil) ErrCode: 0
12:48:21 PM OCIHandleAlloc(envhp, srvhp, OCI_HTYPE_SERVER, 0, nil) ErrCode: 0
12:48:27 PM OCIHandleFree(srvhp, OCI_HTYPE_SERVER) ErrCode: 0
12:48:27 PM OCIHandleFree(svchp, OCI_HTYPE_SVCCTX) ErrCode: 0
12:48:27 PM OCIHandleFree(errhp, OCI_HTYPE_ERROR) ErrCode: 0
12:48:27 PM OCIHandleFree(secerrhp, OCI_HTYPE_ERROR) ErrCode: 0
12:48:28 PM OCIHandleFree(srvhp, OCI_HTYPE_SERVER) ErrCode: -2
12:48:28 PM OCIHandleFree(svchp, OCI_HTYPE_SVCCTX) ErrCode: -2
12:48:28 PM OCIHandleFree(errhp, OCI_HTYPE_ERROR) ErrCode: -2
12:48:28 PM OCIHandleFree(secerrhp, OCI_HTYPE_ERROR) ErrCode: -2

 

[Marco Kalter]

OCIEnvCreate should not fail. Is the Net8 installation in C:\Oracle\Ora81 working correctly? Is C:\Oracle\Ora81\Bin listed first in the PATH?

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Marco Kalter
Allround Automations