Application crashing when talking to oracle unless executable path contains spaces

Question

We have an x-files problem with our .NET application. Or, rather, hybrid Win32 and .NET application.

When it attempts to communicate with Oracle, it just dies. Vani

Answer 1

Here's what I would do. First, TRIPLE-check that you're seeing the behavior you think you're seeing. I can see this happening the other way around by not using System.IO.Path to concatenate paths, but not like you're seeing it. Triple-check that the file permissions make sense.

Next, download Filemon from MS and watch what's happening on the filesystem as your program hits these troubled spots. You can filter out specific file activity (removing your anti-virus file activity, for example) to make everything look a bit cleaner while you do this. Look for file access errors using FileMon for both the success case and the error case for your program. That should point you to what file's being accessed and causing the problem. For example, if you see a FILE_NOT_FOUND error accessing a nonsense filename, you can be assured that you or the vendor are doing something wrong, possibly leading to your problem...