From: Dheeraj Gambhir Date: 2009-07-22T14:11:54+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby/Oracle connectivity When i run the above code i.e. require 'oci8' begin conn = OCI8.new("system","manager","db") conn.exec('select host_name, instance_name from v$instance') do |r| puts r end conn.logoff end After having Prerequisites: Prerequisites: - have clean ruby 1.8.6 installation - have running oracle client - ruby-oci8-1.0.6-mswin32.rb It gives me following error: C:\testwatir>ruby contest.rb c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/oci8.rb:52:in `init': OCI Library Initialization Error (OCIError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/oci8.rb:52 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `ge m_original_require' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `re quire' from contest.rb:1 Please help me. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.