Oracle Error using c#

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The error is : System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater.

I'M using 8.1.7

Any help will be appreciated.

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c#.netoracle
Maybe your Oracle database is 8.1.7 but your Oracle client is < 8.1.7? Do you use Oracle database 8.1.7? 8.1.7 is released in august 2000. - tuinstoel
The client is 8.1.7 too, one more thing: when I connect with sqlplus it connects with no problem but using toad it doesnt. - Luis Reyes
Possible duplicate of System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 - Jim Ashworth

3 Answers

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  • check that you are using Oracle client 8.1.7 or above. Open CMD prompt and run sqlplus. Look at version information.
  • Look at your PATH environment variable. Make sure that oracle client 8.1.7 or above is mentioned first (among multiple oracle clients), because AFAIK MS Oracle provider uses the first client mentioned in PATH.
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Hard do say without more information. I've had something similar happen to me when I had multiple clients installed.

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It seems to be a permissions issue. Check out some of the remedies here. They might work for your version as well.