Re: VB6 Oracle Connection without installing Oracle Client..

The only connection method that does not require a client is JDBC (thin). Of course this somewhat rules out ADO/VB.

<personal rant>
It always annoys me when people want an ado connection without a client. Do you ever find people saying i'd like a connection to sql server but without installing the relevant sql server libraries (if the OS hasn't already done that). generally speaking client server databse systems need both a client and a server - can it really be that hard to understand

</personal rant>

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"Blaine Jones" <seismo123_at_alltel.net> wrote in message
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> On that train of thought, what IS required to make an ADO connection to an

> Oracle database via VB6?

> Must the Oracle client be installed or can an ODBC datasource be defined

> without installing the client?

>

> Thanks.

>

> Blaine

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> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message

> news:a20d28ee.0202220612.54877784_at_posting.google.com...

> > david_at_ionideainteractive.com (David Jeyathilak) wrote in message

> news:<3e9566e2.0202220354.2c24d688_at_posting.google.com>...

> > > I am using VB6 at my client end(Pentium, Win 98) and using oracle 8i

> > > as my server(Solaris). I want to connect to Oracle through any means

> > > without having installed Oracle client and not created Data Source at

> > > my client end. Is it possible? Please help.

> > >

> > > regards,

> > > David

> >

> > NO

> >

> > Regards

> >

> > Sybrand Bakker

> > Senior Oracle DBA

>

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