Cannot Find Oci Dll Toad Oracle

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Setup the Oracle OCI drivers. This procedure installs the the Oracle OCI drivers globally, which means that the drivers will be available for all users on the machine. We recommend installing the Oracle OCI drivers (and other database drivers) in the correct/default global driver directories for your operating system. However it is possible to.

This article is about one of the DLL errors that you may face as a Windows user. Our motive here in this article is to discuss the oci.dll error. We intend to provide you information that will not only help you to fix the error but also know what we are asking you to perform and what is the reason behind it. You can read ahead to know more.

  • Maybe the installation of Oracle client is corrupted. Please try to make a test project that loads OCI.dll using the LoadLibrary function. Check if you can load OCI.dll in the test project.
  • Find the location of OCI.dll (Windows+F on XP/7/Vista) Copy that OCI.dll and paste it in your set up folder of SQL NAvigator, most probably 'C:Program FilesQuest SoftwareSQL Navigator 5.5' You may still get some error like 'Can't initialise OCI.dll-Error 1'.

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oci.dll Information

File Type:Win32 DLL
File Size:112KB - 336KB
Copyright:Copyright © Oracle Corporation 1979, 2001. All rights reserved.
Product Name:unknown
Developer:Oracle Corporation
File Version:2 versions available

What Can Trigger The oci.dll Error?

This error can be triggered under a few circumstances.

  1. When the file itself is missing from your computer.
  2. The file if corrupted will not be able to run the application.
  3. Hardware malfunction may bring this error on your screen.
  4. Invalid entry in your system registry can pop-up this error message.

'oci.dll Not Found'

'This application failed to start because oci.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.'

'Cannot find [PATH]oci.dll'

'Failed to load oci.dll'

'Unable to find oci.dll entry point'

'The file oci.dll is missing.'

'Cannot start [APPLICATION]. A required component is missing: oci.dll. Please install [APPLICATION] again.'

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How To Fix The oci.dll Error?

Cannot Load Oci Dll Toad Oracle

There are methods that will help you fix the oci.dll error on your system. The causes behind the error play a vital role because the fixes completely depend on the cause. When you know the cause you will directly try to solve that error on your system. So you might try all the methods below but there is a possibility that only one will work.

Method 1: Restore The File

This is the method to restore the file from the recycle bin and your error will be fixed now you will only find the file in the recycle bin if you have made a mistake to delete the file.

Method 2: Install The oci.dll

This method focuses on installing the file in particular. If you are sure that error is caused only because of the missing file or corrupted file. You can fix the error by simply installing the file from the internet. This method will be successful when the cause of your error is the file itself and not the system hardware or the application. Install this file and replace it with the old one and you should not see the error anymore.

Method 3: Reinstall The Game

This is the fix for your application. We have seen and experienced that sometimes your file is neither missing nor corrupted and you may find the problem in your application. This method is to remove the whole application with its file and then re-install it.

1. Go to your Control Panel.

2. Your screen should now look like the image below.

3. Click on the 'Program' option to move onto the next page.

4. You will then see a list of applications that you have in your system.

5. Right-click on the application that is causing the error.

6. Finally, click on Uninstall.

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This should then uninstall the whole application and you can then re-install the application and this should fix the error on your system.

Oracle Oci.dll

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What Is Oci.dll

Summary

The oci.dll error is just like any other DLL error, some fixes will be even the same but the technical side of this error may give you difficulties. Hence we hope you followed the steps provided and were able to fix the error on your system without any interruption. If that was not the case and you would like to ask something to us then go to the comment box below and submit your doubts and we will answer you.

Toad Error - Cannot load OCI DLL: C:Oracleinstantclient_11_1oci.dll
Or
Oracle Home is not Valid on TOAD
Instant Client - 11.2.0.1.0
ORACLE_HOME_NAME: C:Oracleappproduct11.2.0client_1bin
ORACLE_HOME: C:Oracleappproduct11.2.0client_1bin
ORACLE_SID:
NLS_LANG:
SQLPATH:
LOCAL:
C:Oracleappproduct11.2.0client_1bin exists.
C:Oracleappproduct11.2.0client_1bin is in PATH.
Client DLL: C:Oracleappproduct11.2.0client_1binoci.dll
Client Version: 11.2.0.1.0
Home is NOT valid!
Solution:
Toad only works with Oracle11g client-32 bit on Windows 10- 64 bit or any version of windows,in my case it was windows 10-64bit.
firstly i was installed Oracle11g client 64bit on Windows 64 bit and was getting error as above mentioned then
de installed and installed 11gclient-32bit on Windows-64 bit,after that toad is working fine.




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