Re: ODBC dependencies on SQL Net (or Net8)

I also have the same problem.
Can we not connect to oracle without using tnsnames by giving directly the address of the database?

Ana

In article <962719468.29395.0.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl>,   "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:
>
> "Jeremy Ovenden" <jovenden_at_hazelweb.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8jsj9h$o9l$1_at_gxsn.com...
> > Does anyone know whether you can connect to an oracle database from
 a
 client
> > program (such as Excel) using ODBC *without* having to install any
 Oracle
> > client software?
> >
> > Or to put the question another way, what is the minimum software
 has to be
> > installed on a client PC to connect ODBC compliant app with a remote
> > database?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > jeremy ovenden - jovenden_at_hazelweb.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> No sir, ODBC interfaces to sqlnet.
> You'll need at least the sqlnet client and the Required support files
 for
> that version of sqlnet (are installed automatically). For Oracle 7,
 this is
> about 45M.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
>

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