From: Pradeepta Swain Date: 2007-12-28T17:26:10+09:00 Subject: oracle connection problem Hi , I am using oracle client 9.2 ,ruby 1.8.6 and oci8 is installed .but when i am trying to connect to oracle using the code : equire 'oci8' conn = OCI8.new("ftdam", "ftdam","host.string") it is giving me error like this one : c:/rubyapps/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/oci8.rb:51:in `init': OCI Library Initialization Error (OCIError) from c:/rubyapps/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/oci8.rb:51 from c:/rubyapps/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' from c:/rubyapps/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' from ip_authenticate_oracle.rb:1 What is the problem and how to fix it . I am able to connect to oracle using the same user name,password and host string using sqlplus. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.