Re: Newbie Oracle User - What client drivers do I need?

You will need to install: SQL*NET 2 or NET8 Then you need to configure the sql-net.
Then you can configure the ODBC.

ALAS, you will need the oracle installer.

<huntres_at_ibm.net> schreef in berichtnieuws 37e2f90c_at_news1.prserv.net...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am a brand new Oracle developer...in fact, I'm not one at all
yet...I
> have been using Sybase ASE for about a year now on HP-UX, linux, and NT
> systems, but a new project has come along where we were asked to remotely
> query an Oracle 7 database from an NT client. I said, "that will be no
> problem, just make me an account and tell me the login info". I knew
that
> Microsoft Visual C came with an Oracle ODBC driver, but I had never tried
to
> set it up.
>
> Well, I can see now that I need some sort of client program from
> Oracle....but I have no idea what to get from their free download area.
> First I tried to get the ODBC and JDBC drivers, but they seem to require
the
> "Oracle Universal Installer" which I cannot find (do I *really* need to
> download the entire server package (200+ meg) to get that?). Instead of
> that I tried the Oracle8 Client 8.0.4 (only 84 meg) but that would not
> install...(setup says a file was missing....I downloaded 3 times, same
> thing)
>
> Long story short....What do I need to download and install so that I
can
> configure a Windows ODBC Data Source to connect to a remote Oracle 7
> database via tcp/ip?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Gary Huntress
>
> p.s. Ordinarily I would just contact the DBA of the oracle database...but
> she is away for a week :(
>
>
Received on Sun Sep 19 1999 - 20:33:08 CEST