Hi,
I'm trying to connect to a Oracle 8i database on a Tru64 OS with
jdbc:oracle:oci8 driver. It doesn't work, because I get a segmentation
violation (see below). It works fine with thin driver, but I need a
connection with the tns_alias, so I want to use the oci driver.

Thanks
Martina

<snip>
String url = jdbc:oracle:oci8:@" + tnsAlias;
Class.forName(conf.getProperty("iopt.jdbc.driver"));
theDbc = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pwd );
</snip>

segmentation violation at 0x3ffbff46ea0
  r00 = 0x000000014288f818     r16 = 0x000000014288f818
  r01 = 0x000003fffff02570     r17 = 0x0000000000000004
  r02 = 0x000000014288f800     r18 = 0x0000000000000010
  r03 = 0x0000000000000000     r19 = 0x00000000401c7eb0
  r04 = 0x0000000000000000     r20 = 0x000000014288f818
  r05 = 0x0000000000000010     r21 = 0x00000000401c7ee0
  r06 = 0x00000000401c7eb0     r22 = 0x0000000000000000
  r07 = 0x0000000000000010     r23 = 0x000000014288f7f8
  r08 = 0x00000001427a0d00     r24 = 0x0000000000000000
  r09 = 0x0000000020000230     r25 = 0x000003ffc0099770
  r10 = 0x00000001427a0d00     r26 = 0x000003000290b1f8
  r11 = 0x00000000401c7eb0     r27 = 0x000003ffbff46e60
  r12 = 0x000000014288f818     r28 = 0xffffffffffffffff
  r13 = 0x000000011fff7400     r29 = 0x000003fffff25100
  r14 = 0x000000000000000a     r30 = 0x000000011fff6720
  r15 = 0x000000011fff68b0     r31 = 0x0000000000000000
Stack trace:
   pc 0x03ffbff8f360 sp 0x140033260          debug_full_trace
   pc 0x03ffbff8e1a4 sp 0x1400334f0          einfo_segv_handler
   pc 0x03ff800d0b9c sp 0x140033560          __sigtramp
   pc 0x03ffbff46ea0 sp 0x11fff6720          jni_GetByteArrayRegion
   pc 0x03000290b1f4 sp 0x11fff6730
   pc 0x00003e8764c8 sp 0x11fff67a0   -1:
oracle/jdbc/oci8/OCIDBAccess.do_open([BI[BI[BI[BII)I
   pc 0x03ffbff9d188 sp 0x11fff6890          unpack_to_stack_and_call
   pc 0x03ffbff9d12c sp 0x11fff68c0          unpack_and_call
   pc 0x03ffbff955f0 sp 0x11fff68d0          make_native_call
   pc 0x03ffbff35380 sp 0x11fff69a0          interpret
   pc 0x03ffbff35380 sp 0x11fff69a0  434:
oracle/jdbc/oci8/OCIDBAccess.logon(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Properties;)Loracle/jdbc/dbaccess/DBConversion;
   pc 0x03ffbff35380 sp 0x11fff69a0  175:
oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleConnection.<init>(Loracle/jdbc/dbaccess/DBAccess;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Properties;)V
   pc 0x03ffbff35528 sp 0x11fff7280          interpret
   pc 0x03ffbff951b4 sp 0x11fff7d60          exec_vararg
   pc 0x03ffbff94c38 sp 0x11fff7e10          interp_wrapper
   pc 0x03ffbff9ce34 sp 0x11fff7e40          comp_interp_stub
   pc 0x00003e861848 sp 0x11fff7ec0  234:
oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleDriver.getConnectionInstance(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Properties;)Ljava/sql/Connection;
   pc 0x03ffbff9d188 sp 0x11fff7f50          unpack_to_stack_and_call
   pc 0x03ffbff9d12c sp 0x11fff7f70          unpack_and_call
   pc 0x03ffbff955f0 sp 0x11fff7f80          make_native_call
   pc 0x03ffbff35380 sp 0x11fff8040          interpret
   pc 0x03ffbff35380 sp 0x11fff8040  540:
oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleDriver.connect(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Properties;)Ljava/sql/Connection;
   pc 0x03ffbff951b4 sp 0x11fff8920          exec_vararg
   pc 0x03ffbff94c38 sp 0x11fff89d0          interp_wrapper
   pc 0x03ffbff9ce34 sp 0x11fff8a00          comp_interp_stub
   pc 0x00003e85df80 sp 0x11fff8a80  154:
java/sql/DriverManager.getConnection(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Properties;Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;)Ljava/sql/Connection;
   pc 0x03ffbff9d118 sp 0x11fff8ad0          unpack_and_call
   pc 0x03ffbff955f0 sp 0x11fff8ae0          make_native_call
   pc 0x03ffbff35380 sp 0x11fff8b90          interpret
.....