I've checked the ORACLE_HOME for the 11g client install and there is no lib32 directory. There seems to be a misunderstanding about the connectivity issue. We CAN connect with JDBC thin client. We CANNOT connect with the OCI thick client. We are using java 1.6, Using the JDBC thin client causes unprintable characters to be inserted into the database that our application does not handle correctly. This usually happens when someone does a cut & paste. There is no problem if the customer just types the data. Our database characterset is US7ASCII. I finally got them to give me the error they receive when trying to start the application with the OCI thick client: 9/24/10 7:51 AM Error in bean tz.trader.ejb.CCSessionbean.CCSessionHome java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no ocijdbc9 in java.library.path at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1734) at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:823) at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1028) at oracle.jdbc.oci8.OCIDBAccess.logon(OCIDBAccess.java:267) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection.<init>(OracleConnection.java:365) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.getConnectionInstance(OracleDriver.java:547) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:347) We have a developer working on the issue now. Sandy >> Transzap, Inc. >> >