Re: VB6 Oracle Connection without installing Oracle Client..

Hey man, give'em a break...some people have their heads in the Windoz world ALL the time since they first touched a computer. They think that is it....that Windoz has it all packed in. (Which may just be the case when M$ finally manages to wipe everyone else out)
It's like there are people in this country (USA) who think everyone on the planet is supposed to speak English....

Reena

Niall Litchfield wrote in message
<3c7a05aa$0$236$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net>...
><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>
>
>--
>Niall Litchfield
>Oracle DBA
>Audit Commission UK
>*****************************************
>Please include version and platform
>and SQL where applicable
>It makes life easier and increases the
>likelihood of a good answer
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>"Blaine Jones" <seismo123_at_alltel.net> wrote in message
>news:a5au7a$88d$1_at_iac5.navix.net...
>> 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
>> --
>>
>>
>> "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
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 26 2002 - 15:15:54 CST