Impromptu crashes when connecting to oracle database: impadmin.exe has generated errors

Troubleshooting

Problem

Unable to connect to an Oracle database either by opening a catalog connection or testing a database connection. This occurs after installing a new version of Impromptu and attemting to upgrade a catalog. [

or

Impromtu fails after an upgrade from version 7.1 to version 7.3 when connecting to Oracle.

or

] Impromptu exits when opening a catalog aginst Oracle (and auto attach is active) or when testing the connection.

Symptom

Impromptu crashes with a generic Windows program error message. e.g.:
"impadmin.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created."

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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