"Nagendra" <nagendra.swamy_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> To access the Oracle DataBase through Easysoft or DataDirect Oracle
> ODBC drivers(for solaris),is it required to have OCI installed on that
> machine? What i am asking is, whether we need to have an OCI license
> in addition to an EasySoft (or Datadirect license) as well, in order
> to access the Oracle backend? More generally, do all ODBC drivers work
> on top of the OCI itself? Or can they interact directly with the
> backend?
> My platform is Solaris (Sun Sparc) and Linux (RedHat on Intel)
>
> TIA,
> Nagendra.
Yes, unless the manufacture concocts their own middle ware. Oracle doesn't
provide another mechanism. I am confused though why do you think you need
to license OCI? You have to license the database, but I don't think you
have to license the client binaries.
Jim
Received on Thu Sep 30 2004 - 00:23:31 CDT
