topic Exception while connecting to ArcSDE using ArcObjects through WebService in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/exception-while-connecting-to-arcsde-using/m-p/694902#M18639 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>We have written a web service through which we are connecting to ArcSDE GeoDB (Oracle). After publishing the service in IIS, we are getting below exception while connecting to DB.</P><P></P><P>"Cannot connect to database because the database client software failed to load. Be sure the database client software is installed and configured correctly."</P><P></P><P>The same code is working fine in when we published the WebService in Dev server and Test server and all of a sudden, we are facing this error in another server.</P><P></P><P>Checked below points...</P><P></P><P>1. Identified from IIS that this service is configured as 32 bit application</P><P>2. DB client is installed and could able to connect through ArcCatalog</P><P></P><P>Could anyone please help us in fixing this issue.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:55:33 GMT Vara_PrasadM_S 2015-10-13T14:55:33Z Exception while connecting to ArcSDE using ArcObjects through WebService https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/exception-while-connecting-to-arcsde-using/m-p/694902#M18639 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>We have written a web service through which we are connecting to ArcSDE GeoDB (Oracle). After publishing the service in IIS, we are getting below exception while connecting to DB.</P><P></P><P>"Cannot connect to database because the database client software failed to load. Be sure the database client software is installed and configured correctly."</P><P></P><P>The same code is working fine in when we published the WebService in Dev server and Test server and all of a sudden, we are facing this error in another server.</P><P></P><P>Checked below points...</P><P></P><P>1. Identified from IIS that this service is configured as 32 bit application</P><P>2. DB client is installed and could able to connect through ArcCatalog</P><P></P><P>Could anyone please help us in fixing this issue.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:55:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/exception-while-connecting-to-arcsde-using/m-p/694902#M18639 Vara_PrasadM_S 2015-10-13T14:55:33Z