FIX: VB6 Version of RDO Cannot Access Oracle Packages

ID: Q233478

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The following error message will display using Visual Basic 6 and RDO 2.0:

"Object collection: couldn't find item indicated by text"

This will occur if you are using the RDO 2.0 version that shipped with Visual Basic 6.0, and using the Microsoft Oracle ODBC Driver to pass Input or Output parameters to a stored procedure within an Oracle package.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

MORE INFORMATION

After installing Visual Studio 6.0 SP3, the VB6 About screen should display "Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 (SP3)" clearly. Previous Visual Basic 6 service pack installations didn't display service pack versions in the About Screen. The only way to tell if a service pack is installed was by checking some file versions as described in the following article:

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed.

For more information on the bug, please refer to article:

Q193872 BUG: VB6 Version of RDO Cannot Access Oracle Packages

For a complete sample code on how to use RDO with Oracle packages, please see article:

Q174981 HOWTO: Retrieve Typical Resultsets From Oracle Stored Procedures

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbdse kbVBp kbVBp600 kbRDO200bug

Keywords : kbservicepack kbRDO kbVS600sp2 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpVBDB
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug