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Oracle Reader Grayed Out in Reader Gallery

  • May 15, 2013
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sdepriest
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i'm stumped...

 

 

I have FME Workbench installed on 2 different machines.  On one machine the Oracle readers are enabled and available to be chosen and on machine 2 they are grayed out and disabled.

 

 

Yes there is a dot in the Licensed column of the Reader Gallery on both machines, so I believe I am licensed for it.

 

 

I have the Oracle client installed on both machines. 

 

 

Machine 1 is Windows 7 64-bit.

 

Machine 2 is Windows Server 2008 R-2 64-bit.

 

 

How do I "enable" the Oracle readers on machine 2?

 

 

on Machine 1 the Oracle client was installed first, then FME 2013 SP1.  On Machine 2, the Oracle client was installed after FME 2013 SP1 was already installed.  Does that matter?

 

 

Sarah
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takashi
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  • takashiCelebrity
  • May 15, 2013
Hi Sarah,

 

 

one possible reason is the difference of target platform (32-bit or 64-bit) between FME and Oracle client. Also look over this point.

 

 

Takashi
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sdepriest
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  • May 16, 2013
I found this article:

 

https://safe.secure.force.com/articles/How_To/32-bit-vs-64-bit-FME-support-and-Formats

 

 

And it says "Also to get at the Oracle databases we require a 32 bit Oracle client ".  I have the 64-bit Oracle client installed.

 

 

I'll get the 32-bit client installed and post back with the results.

 

 

Sarah

 

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  • mark_f
  • May 16, 2013

Match the bit version of the Oracle client to the bit version of FME.

E.g. 

32bit Oracle Client = FME 32bit

 

64bit Oracle Client = FME 64bit

The local operating system and the bit version of the Oracle database has no impact. I also learned from Safe that you can have both 32 and 64 bit FME working with 32 and 64 bit Oracle clients on the same machine.

 

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