oracle 10g error 24960

[manic dude]

If i compile with visual c++ 6.0 or 2005 i get the same problem.

/////////
string user = "system";
string passwd = "xxx";
string db = "Testx";

try{
env = Environment::createEnvironment(Environment:EFAULT);
conn = env->createConnection(user,passwd,db);

}catch(SQLException ea)
{
cerr << ea.getMessage() << endl;
}
//////////

the message is "ORA-24960: the attribute OCI_ATTR_USERNAME is greater than the maximum allowable length of 255"

I have tried downloading the library's on oracle.com for the 8.0 version but the error doesn't not change. I am pretty sure that I included all of the correct directories into the project.

I also added the directory to windows PATH but then I get msvcrt80.dll missing error.

[Krzemo]

Are U sure that createConnection expects parameters of type "string"?
Message "ORA-24960: the attribute OCI_ATTR_USERNAME is greater than the maximum allowable length of 255" indicates that it is not true.
;-)
try to hardcode invocation just to see if that is a problem - for example:

conn = env->createConnection("system","xxx","Testx");

Best regards,
Krzemo.

[manic dude]

I've tried that but it is still the same exception at runtime.

The code itself should be fine since it is just a pared down version of a sample off of the oracle website.

[Dhpatil1]

I'm getting the following exception "ORA-24960: the attribute OCI_ATTR_USERNAME is greater than the maximum allowable length of 255" when using Environment:createConnection.
I'm using VisualC++ 8.0 and Oracle 10g R 10.2.0.


Below is the snippet of code that creates the problem:
#include <iostream>
#include<occi.h>
using namespace oracle:cci;
using namespace std;

try{

Environment *env = Environment::createEnvironment(Environment:EFAULT);
Connection *conn = env->createConnection ("scott","tiger");

}
catch(SQLException ex)
{
cout << ex.getMessage(); //throws 24960 error
}

[Kristofer S]

the message is "ORA-24960: the attribute OCI_ATTR_USERNAME is greater than the maximum allowable length of 255"

Using the debug library (oraocci11d.lib, vc9; NOT oraocci11.lib) for the debug mode did the trick for me (Toolset VS2008 [v90] in VS2017).