RE: Oracle ODBC On Windows95 (Don't ask) :)

There are free drivers from Oracle and Microsoft. They have different behaviors. One will fail, under certain conditions, where the other will not. Use the one that works for you. There is a third party driver that works under all conditions but you have to pay for it. I don't remember the name of the vendor but our client was unwilling to pay for it since Oracle provided a free driver.

                                                                                           
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Are you just trying to setup an ODBC conenction?

In Control Panel, you should see an icon for an ODBC manager where you can add dns entries .  You STILL will need to install Oracle client.  Use the db alias name for the Service name in the ODBC setup.

On 95, I believe that there are 2 sets of Oracle ODBC drivers,  one put out by Oracle and the other by Microsoft..... funny but I remember we had to use the Microsoft drivers because we had problems with the Oracle ones.....

That's all I really remember, but feel free to get me off list for more specifics if you need them.

Hannah

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I need to setup a ODBC connection to an Oracle 8.1.7 database over TCP/IP where the Client PC's are running Windows 95 (Old clunkers)

Anyone know what I need to do for this? Can I use the 7.3 ODBC drivers written for Windows95 for connection to a 8.1.7?

I've never done this before and can't find any clear answers about it on Oracles website.

Would be immensly gratefull for an answer of any kind, even if it is a "no-can do", then I would know that I dont have to put any more effort into this :)

Thanks!

Stefan Jakobsson
Arel-Data
stefan.jakobsson_at_areldata.se
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