Symptoms
Trying to create an ODBC DSN after installing 10g Instant Client results
in the following errors after selecting the Oracle ODBC Driver:
"The setup routines for the could not be loaded due to system error
code 998."
followed by
"Could not load the setup or translator library"
Cause
The ORACLE ODBC Driver setup routines (in sqoras32.dll) rely on your
operating system PATH environment variable to be able to load the
resource dll (sqresus.dll).
While using the Oracle Universal Installer with a typical client install
automatically adjusts...