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Hi Johan,
> I want to use a perl or unix script running on a linux server to
> access an Oracle v. 10.2.0.1.0 database on a remote machine, and
> process the output with the script. What is the best way to do this?
> I'm thinking some possible options are: install Oracle 11 cllient
> (assume it is backwards compatible), install the entire Oracle
> database v.11, or install Oracle express. Appreciate your comments.
>
> Johan
If your only aim is to run scripts, you might consider using the Instant Client, which is a minimal implementation of the Oracle client. It should be available for 10.2 (you may need to search a bit), but I don't know whether it is available for 11 as well.
Regards,
Ruud de Koter. Received on Sat Nov 17 2007 - 17:57:52 CST