From: John Bell on
Hi

Without knowing exactly how it is checking for the client, then I am not
sure if just an uninstall/re-install would gain anything. Have you checked if
there is an installation log and what it says?

John

"Daisy" wrote:

> The problem is I have just tried uninstalling the oracle client and reinstall
> the oracle client again. It did not work. I am clueless right now.
>
> "John Bell" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > You may want to try doing an installation on a "clean" machine that does not
> > have any client tools already on it!
> >
> > John
> >
> > "Daisy" wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for your reply.
> > > Yes, I am using the latest version of SSMA.
> > > I may post the question over there. I did not see the discussion group before.
> > >
> > > "John Bell" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Are you using the latest verson of SSMA?
> > > >
> > > > microsoft.public.sqlserver.migrationassistant may be a more targetted
> > > > newsgroup for this post although I didn't see anything about this sort of
> > > > issue in there.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > "Daisy" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know why I getting this error when using MS migration assistance
> > > > > for Oracle tool 'Exception during processing: System.Data.OracleClient
> > > > > requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater'? I have installed
> > > > > the oracle client 10.2 already. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciate. I
> > > > > have been struggling for days. This is driving me CRAZY!