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Enhancement of the error message ORA-28040 in certain situation

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TitleEnhancement of the error message ORA-28040 in certain situation
URL Nameenhancement-of-the-error-message-ora-28040-in-certain-situation
Article Number000159371
EnvironmentProduct: Connect/Connect64 for ODBC Oracle Wire Protocol driver
Version: 8.0.2
OS: Linux
Database: Oracle 12cR2 (12.2)
Application: All supported applications
Question/Problem Description

When connecting to Oracle 12cR2 using branded Oracle ODBC Wire Protocol driver, the following error occurred:
"[ODBC Oracle Wire Protocol driver][Oracle]ORA-28040: No matching authentication protocol".

The resolution of the problem is given in the following article: " No matching authentication protocol" error occurred when connecting to Oracle 12cR2 " .

By looking at the resolution of the problem given in the above article, the above error message did not look to be an appropriate error message in this situation. The error message needs to be enhanced for this situation so that the users can resolve this problem by themselves without opening a case. 
Also branding install guide for Oracle ODBC wire protocol driver 8.0.2  needs to be updated regarding the resolution.

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Clarifying Information
Error Message[ODBC Oracle Wire Protocol driver][Oracle]ORA-28040: No matching authentication protocol
Defect NumberDefects XDBC-15359, XDBC-15360
Enhancement Number
Cause
Resolution
Defect XDBC-15359 has been opened to change the error message in this situation.
Defect XDBC-15360 has been opened to update the branding install guide for Oracle ODBC Wire Protocol driver regarding the resolution of the problem.
Fixes for these defects are not available yet.
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Last Modified Date7/16/2019 4:19 PM
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