cx_Oracle error. DPI-1047: Cannot locate a 64-bit Oracle Client library

Question

I installed the library and when trying to access SQL in jupyter notebook with my credentials the following error appears:

DatabaseError: DPI-1047: Cannot locate a 6

Answer 1

The easiest solution is as follows:

1. Download 64-bit version of oracle instantClient from: https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/instant-client/winx64-64-downloads.html
2. Copy the dll files in the instantclient directory to the python directory, as shown below

That is it!