Re: Oracle client for Mac

"Jay" <jay_jarman_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<1112308438.909774.184770_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>...

> I don't suppose I can use the 10g client to connect to a 9i DB? What
> I'm really looking for is the ODBC driver for 9i so I can use the
> JDBC/ODBC bridge to connect to a 9i database in a java application. I
> guess I should have asked for that the first time. This driver should
> come with the 9i client software.

The 10g Thin JDBC driver works with 8i and 9i databases (not 8.0 IIRC). It's what BEA ships with WebLogic Server 8.1.4 as its recommended driver when doing Java/Oracle connectivity, and we've been quite happy with it in my experience.

The JDBC drivers come with the Oracle client installation (under ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib), but are also available as a small separate download on otn.oracle.com (though it's the 10.1.0.2 release).

I would not suggest using the ODBC/JDBC bridge unless you have very specific reasons for doing so. The OCI and/or Thin drivers work fine without ODBC. The Thin drivers do not even require an Oracle client install, they work by themselves, on any platform with a Java Virtual Machine (Mac included).

Cheers
Stu Received on Sat Apr 16 2005 - 19:49:13 CDT