cx_Oracle problem

[Squid]

On Sep 15, 9:45 am, Squid <ossto... at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's time for another round of "stump-the-geek". (thats what we call
> it in my office)
>
> If actual code is needed I can provide but lets start off small for
> this one...
>
> I've got a Python script that uses cx_Oracle to access an Oracle DB.
> running the script from command line runs perfect
> running the script as a cron job produces "Unable to acquire Oracle
> environment handle" in log.
>
> In both cases it is running as the same user, in the same environment.
>
> any ideas???

nevermind, I should have searched before posting...