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    Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. Oracle client and networking components were not found

    You may experience the following error. When a developer installed oracle client and tested the visual studio BIDS packages ask you to fix this. We know the MS only has a visual studio BIDS 32 bit. Recently, It asked in the forum, I had managed Oracle sometimes and had same kinda issue couple more times–> https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/6b6efab4-c26f-45cd-aca6-4ba3d53f13a4/the-oraoledboracle1-provider-is-not-registered-on-the-local-machine?forum=sqlintegrationservices How can we find which bit of oracle installed on: How to Tell if Oracle Client is 32 or 64 bit installed on Windows Errors: 1) Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. Oracle client and networking components were not found.These components are supplied by Oracle Corporation and are part of the…