Frequently Asked Questions
'Vendor initialization failure: ORANT71.DLL' error
Question:
When attempting a connection to Oracle using the BDE Oracle SQL
Links driver, why am I getting the error, Vendor initialization
failure: ORANT71.DLL, when the driver's Vendor Init parameter is
set to ORA73.DLL [or ORA72.DLL]?
Answer:
The BDE always searches the path first for the DLL specified in
the Vendor Init parameter and if that fails, the BDE searches,
by default, for ORANT71.DLL. Thus the Vendor Init error means
that the BDE failed to find and load the DLL you specified and
ORANT71.DLL.
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