Never Underestimate readme.txt
Have you been in the situation where you got an error that you have previously encountered?
I got this error after installing Oracle Data Access Component (ODAC) 11.1.0.6.21 in my machine (Windows 7 Ultimate x64):
Unable to load DLL 'OraOps11w.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
What have I done? Let’s figure out what steps that drove me to this situation:
- I opened the “readme.txt”, it just to remind me the command for installation, and got this: install.bat odp.net20 c:\oracle odac. Yes, I only need this component to be used by at least .NET 2.0.
- Finish – I thought that was enough. And then running the application then got the error.
Hmm, figure out, I remember that I need to put the binary path of C:\oracle into environment system path, then I put the C:\oracle\bin. Run the application? Still got the error.
Ok, now, I’m going to read each item in readme.txt carefully, and then in the point 4 in that readme.txt file I got this: Add the install directory and install directory's bin subdirectory… add c:\oracle and c:\oracle\bin to the system PATH. Yes, you’re right I forgot to put c:\oracle in the system PATH.
So, never underestimate readme.txt, at least for my self :)
Now I got my application log:
2009-11-01 17:50:11.096, GET, P,………. Do you know what does the caracter P mean? Yes it means the applicatin runs smoothly (PASSED).