Can 32 bit client be run on Windows 2008 R2 (64 bit) running 12.1.0.2 database server?
Installing 32 bit ODAC seems to clobber the database by inserting 32 bit libraries (c:\oracle\product\12.0.1\client_1) in the path ahead of the database path. When I put the database first in the path (c:\oracle\product\12.0.1\dbhome_1\bin), I can start the database but my 32 bit client applications all get "The OraOLEDB.Oracle provider is not registered on the local machine". I have tried manually registering the DLL using both the 64 bit and 32 bit regsvr32.exe. Applications compiled to run as 64 bit run fine with the 64 bit database and the 64 bit client installation that came with database server. I need to