How to fix the Oracle error SQL-02139: Unable to get the OCI handles?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorSQL-02139: Unable to get the OCI handles with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

SQL-02139: Unable to get the OCI handles

Reason for the Error SQL-02139: Unable to get the OCI handles

Cause: The call to OCIExtProcGetEnv failed.

How to fix the Error SQL-02139: Unable to get the OCI handles ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Action: Ensure that the OCIExtProcContext that the external procedure has been created with a CONTEXT parameter and that this context is correctly referenced in the EXEC SQL REGISTER CONNECT statement.