I'm having trouble figuring this out - I've got a zope 2.1.4 server that I'm trying to get to work with DCOracle 1.3.1 b1, ZOracleDA 2.2.0 b1, Oracle 8i client and Oracle 8 server on a RH 6.1 Linux machine. The DCOracle test routine *does* work - it connects and says as much. Within Zope I'm getting some frustrating behavior however. I'm starting Zope with the "start" script in an environment that has ORACLE_HOME set just as it was for the DCOracle test script. The product looks OK in the control panel. I can make an instance of it, but if I have "connect immediately" turned on Zope *dies* and I get "OCIEnvInit failed, oci_8.c:220" in the terminal that I started Zope on. If I have "connect immediately" turned off, I can create the instance. But whenever I try to connect I get the same problem - Zope dies with the OCIEnvInit failed error. Any clues folks? I'm seriously pressed for time here - anything you have would be most appreciated! Thanks, Dave Parker