FDM Returns Error "Database User Id or Password Required" on Windows 64 Bit OS at Login or Applicati
A common issue that occurs with users of FDM with a new installation who are using Oracle as the backend relational database is at Application Creation the process returns an error "Database User ID or Password Required!". This is caused by the 32 bit Oracle Provider for OLEDB not being installed on the FDM application server(s) in the environment. Since FDM is installed on a 64 bit OS many users install the 64 bit Oracle Client and Provider, however since FDM is a 32 bit Application, it will only use the 32 bit database components on the server i.e. the