I have the oci_.so and Buffer.so of DCOracle built and tested. Yet when I do a simple select under the Test tab of the ZOracleDA database connection. select * from atable I get the following error. I can't find any info about what this deferred linkage means besides what oerr says about error 24303. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24303, 00000, "call not supported in non-deferred linkage" // *Cause: One of the calls that is supported in deferred mode // linkage exclusively was invoked when the client was linked // non-deferred. // *Action: Use this call in deferred mode of linkage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zope Error Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. Error Type: oci.error Error Value: (24303, 'ORA-24303: call not supported in non-deferred linkage\012') Troubleshooting Suggestions The URL may be incorrect. The parameters passed to this resource may be incorrect. A resource that this resource relies on may be encountering an error. For more detailed information about the error, please refer to the HTML source for this page. If the error persists please contact the site maintainer. Thank you for your patience. Traceback (innermost last): File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 214, in publish_module File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 202, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: RoleManager) File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: manage_test) File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object (Object: manage_test) File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Shared/DC/ZRDB/Connection.py, line 176, in manage_test (Object: RoleManager) File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Products/ZOracleDA/db.py, line 161, in query File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Products/ZOracleDA/DCOracle/ociCurs.py, line 299, in execute File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Products/ZOracleDA/DCOracle/ociCurs.py, line 241, in _execute File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Products/ZOracleDA/DCOracle/ociCurs.py, line 200, in _describe File /data/Zope-2.1.4-src/lib/python/Products/ZOracleDA/DCOracle/ociCurs.py, line 109, in _error oci.error: (see above)