Re: Oracle client driver

From: Andy Hassall <andy_at_andyh.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:32:38 +0000
Message-ID: <pm15u11rfqmpe1vuqlvn52ksr6ik1030qa@4ax.com>

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:16:00 -0000, "David Wood" <jdwood37_at_bluefrog.com> wrote:

>Could anyone tell me whether you have to install the complete Client (ver
>9.2) in order to install the driver
>I have an application that only requires the Oracle driver to communicate by
>spreadsheet add-in

Depends exactly what it needs. If it's written specifically for Oracle it may just need OCI - Oracle's native database client library. Or perhaps it needs ODBC as well. You can do a custom install of the client to pick and choose components.

If you're worrying about the footprint of the Oracle client, you might want to look at Oracle Instant Client.

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