Ok, wonderful. I'll check it out when I get back home. I have XP Pro on my
home PC. I love it. I'm in Virginia for a training class & am in my hotel
room with high speed access using remote desktop to send this from my home
PC :-). Anyway, I'll give this a shot this weekend.
"Karsten Farrell" <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1910b6451e8d7705989753_at_news.la.sbcglobal.net...
> hdjulie_at_remove.spam.cox.net said...
> > Thanks for the info! However, I use the VPN to connect to my work
network
> > rather than to a PC. The software resides on my own home computer (the
one
> > I meant when I said the client machine). The information you gave is
still
> > valid though -- I would install the software on my home PC rather than
my
> > work PC. I have software called "Oracle for Windows NT" installed (even
> > though I am using Windows XP) but that seems to be just the ODBC drivers
& I
> > need the Client software that has SQL*Net. I don't remember seeing it
on
> > the Oracle site as a download & am guessing that it is not something
they
> > offer for free. I'll check into it some more. Thanks again!
> >
> Thanks for clarifying your situation. Since XP is based (at least
> loosely) on NT, you should be ok ... though Oracle only supports XP Pro
> (not XP Home) ... though that just means you can't call and complain ...
> but some posters on this NG have successfully installed it on XP Home.
>
> You won't see Oracle Client as a separate download. You install Oracle
> Server (Enterprise or Standard) and about the 3rd dialog box in the
> install, you can choose to install the client only (if I remember, you
> can choose something like the Developer client or some other options).
> --
> /Karsten
> DBA > retired > DBA
Received on Wed Apr 23 2003 - 19:29:33 CDT
