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Re: How do I setup an Oracle odbc connection

From: TurkBear <noone_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:42:59 -0500
Message-ID: <ifr5ltkhis1erc4idv6j5e2du9dk4unofm@4ax.com>

ah, that it were that simple..
In Windows that will do it, but in Solaris ( as with most Unix setups ) more configuration by hand is needed...( It will vary depending on the specific OS and ODBC driver and Interface used)

"Gerrit-Jan Linker" <gjlinker_at_oraxcel.com> wrote:

>In control panel go to ODBC connections and create a new DSN for the
>database. You have to have an Oracle ODBC driver installed. When adding a
>new connection in the control panel look in the list if one is available. If
>not go to technet.oracle.com to download the Oracle ODBC driver (Microsoft
>has a free one too).
>
>Create a database alias for the Oracle database using Net8 assistant (prev
>known as the SQL*Net easy configuration utility).
>
>That should be it.

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