Re: DLL load failed

"Massa, Harald Armin" <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:25:57 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.db.cx-oracle
Message-ID <CAMSP2L5L8KNCxszfca-PNqdDMvotxp6g5wnkbH-UVu_iX5yt4Q@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

I have run the installer cx_Oracle-5.2.1-12c.win-amd64-py2.7.exe on a Dell
> Precision T5610, running Windows7 64 bits, with apparent success: the
> compiled file cx_Oracle.pyd is in place under the site-packages directory.
> However, it seems that Python misses parts of the module (see session
>  below), even after appending a line to sys.path. Would there be another
> module registration to write somewhere before running it ?
>
>
>
> >>> import cx_Oracle
>
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
>   File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
>
>     import cx_Oracle
>
> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
>
> >>>
>
>
> most likely you are missing the Oracle OCI libary in the fitting 12c
version. They have to be downloaded and licenced with Oracle.

Make sure cx_Oracle is able to find them, usefull things are:
- have the bin directory in your path
- have the oracle environment variables set correctly.

Usefull tool to diagnose:
http://www.dependencywalker.com/

Cheers,

Harald




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