Ora 10.1.0.6.20 client: oci.dll moved out of bin

[Michael Steidl]

I just installed the brand new Oracle ODAC 11.1.0.6.20 - and PLSQLdev (7.1.4.1389) started throwing an error "oci dll not found".
After a short investigation I found the Oracle guys moved the oci.dll and a couple of other binary files (exes, JAVA jars, ...) out of the %ORAHOME%\bin directory into the %ORAHOME%.
After copying these binary files into the bin folder PLSQLdev resumed working.
But I understand this can only be a workaround, I guess PLSQLdev should search for the oci.dll also in the %ORAHOME% directory now.

Thanks in advance for this fix

Michael

 

[Marco Kalter]

We'll check it out. Note that a better workaround is to set the OCI Library preference in PL/SQL Developer. Just enter the full path to the oci.dll file here.

 

[Paul Ljungqvist]

I have the same problem.
However, none of the above examples helps me.
Still got the initialization error.
The path echoed in the popup is correct...
Any help would be appriciated.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Version 7.1.5 fixes the issue reported in the first post. If you are using 7.1.5, then maybe this is some other environment problem. Can you go to Help > Support Info, press the 'Copy all pages' button on this info screen, and paste this text into an e-mail reply?