Sorry, somehow I posted my answer 5 times...
Ok, sorry again. I guess I know the mechanism now ...
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Hello,
I had the same problem and managed to solve it. I provide my way in solving this issue
since TanyaGorbunova's answer is not very detailed.
I have a Windows 7 64 bit machine with Oracle 11g XE 32 bit and TestComplete 12 trial installed.
I don't know if 32 bit version of the database is necessary but the additional software
packages you need to install have to be 32 bit version.
What I did:
- activated HR user in 11g via SQL-Developer
- downloaded all Zips of "Instant Client for Microsoft Windows (32-bit)"
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/winsoft-085727.html
> I took "Version 11.2.0.1.0" except
"*Instant Client Package - Basic Lite: Smaller version of the Basic,
with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European
character set support Download instantclient-basiclite-win32-11.2.0.1.0.zip
(20,732,681 bytes)"
- unziped them all to "instantclient_11_2"
- created directory "C:\oracle\"
- moved "instantclient_11_2" to "C:\oracle\"
- followed these instructions:
> http://www.dbatoolz.com/t/installing-oracle-instantclient-basic-and-instantclient-sqlplus-on-win32.html
for setting system %PATH% and %TNS_ADMIN% environment variables and setting up "tnsnames.ora" file
- content of my "tnsnames.ora" file (I didn't change oracle database parameters during installation or afterwards):
>
> XE =
> (DESCRIPTION =
> (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
> (LOAD_BALANCE = yes)
> (CONNECT_DATA =
> (SERVER = DEDICATED)
> (SERVICE_NAME = XE)
> (FAILOVER_MODE =
> (TYPE = SELECT)
> (METHOD = BASIC)
> (RETRIES = 180)
> (DELAY = 5)
> )
> )
> )
- moved "tnsnames.ora" file to "C:\oracle\instantclient_11_2\"
At this point I tried creating a database table checkpoint in TestComplete but it still failed.
But what worked now was establishing a test connection to my database inside the "Create Database Table Checkpoint" dialogue.
Next steps:
- downloaded "ODAC 11.2 Release 2 and Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio (11.2.0.1.2)" - should be 32 bit
> from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/utilsoft-086879.html
- inside the install dialogue I used the client version (not server)
- at the end of the install procedure don't forget to run the SQL scripts the installer mentions
> for me these where located in: "D:\app\win\product\11.2.0\client_1\ASP.NET\SQL\"
script which runs all other necessary scripts: "InstallAllOracleASPNETProviders.sql"
- I used sqlplus for executing the script
> open a command prompt
> change directory to where the SQL scripts are located (probaply something like ".....\app\win\product\11.2.0\client_1\ASP.NET\SQL\"
> type: sqlplus sys/PASSWORD@XE as sysdba
> PASSWORD is your sysdba password; XE is the sid or service_name of the database - configured in the "tnsnames.ora" file
> now enter: @InstallAllOracleASPNETProviders.sql
> if it's not working enter the full path to the script,
like: "C:\app\USER\product\11.2.0\client_1\ASP.NET\SQL\InstallAllOracleASPNETProviders.sql"
Now it worked for me. If you create a database checkpoint there should be more options now under "Provider" (second page of the dialogue -> Line which says "Connection:" -> 3 dotted button alligned to the right).
There should be "Oracle Provider for OLE DB". This one works for me.
