# Segmentation Fault

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/26820>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [21 April 2006 14:17 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/26820 "2006-04-21T14:17:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Berger\_Daniel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@Berger\_Daniel1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Berger_Daniel1)\
**Post date:** [21 April 2006 14:17 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/segmentation-fault/26820/1 "2006-04-21T14:17:13Z")

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Excellent, thanks!

Dan

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> > -----Original Message-----  
> > From: Park Heesob [mailto:phasis68@hotmail.com]  
> > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:21 PM  
> > To: ruby-talk ML  
> > Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > \>From: Daniel Berger \<Daniel.Berger@qwest.com\>  
> > \>Reply-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org  
> > \>To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)  
> > \>Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault  
> > \>Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:04:03 +0900  
> > \>  
> > \>McDevitt, Chris wrote:  
> > \>\>Hi,  
> > \>\> I am trying to install the oracle drivers for ruby:  
> > \>\>ruby-oci8-0.1.14-mswin32.rb When I run the script I get:  
> > \>\> \<snip\>  
> > \>\>C:\downloads\>ruby ruby-oci8-0.1.14-mswin32.rb  
> > \>\>Copy OCI8.rb to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/DBD/OCI8  
> > \>\>Copy oci8.rb to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8  
> > \>\>Copy oci8lib.so to c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt  
> > \>\>OK?  
> > \>\>Enter Yes/No: Yes  
> > \>\>ruby-oci8-0.1.14-mswin32.rb:75: [BUG] Segmentation fault  
> > \>\>ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]  
> > \>\>  
> > \>\>This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an  
> > \>\>unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more  
> > \>\>information. \</snip\>  
> > \>\> Any suggestions?  
> > \>  
> > \>The OCI8 driver for Windows was built with VC++ 7. Curt's one-click  
> > \>installer was built with VC++ 6. Therein lies the problem.  
> > \>  
> > \>I've already posted a message to let Kubo know about the issue (I've  
> > \>hit it  
> > \>myself).  
> > \>  
> > \>If someone has a VC++ 6 compiler (Curt? Heesob?) could you do us a  
> > \>favor  
> > \>and build the shared object, and then submit it as a patch  
> > to the OCI8  
> > \>project page?  
> > \>  
> > OK, Here is what you want.
> > 
> > Try  
> > [http://203.238.130.101/~phasis/ruby-oci8-0.1.14-mswin32.rb](http://203.238.130.101/~phasis/ruby-oci8-0.1.14-mswin32.rb)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Park Heesob