Re: Help with TOAD

[Quoted] On 14 Feb 2004 23:02:50 +0100, "Peter" <peter_at_ciber> wrote:

>thanks for the reply. I have seen that site, but I can't get it to relate to
>the installation I have - makes me wonder if it is necessary to installl
>more than just TOAD?
>
>For instance, the link mentions some registry entries that may need
>changing. I have nothing that resembles those entries.
>"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SOFTWARE | ORACLE | ALL_HOMES" simply does not exist
>in my registry after I have installed TOAD.
>
>Likewise it mentions alterations to the windows path. It talks about an
>"oracle home\bin" directory. I have nothing resembling an "oracle" directory
>(like "orant" or any "bin" directory off anything that looks like it has
>anything to do with oracle).
>
>It really does seem that one cannot just install TOAD on a pc and connect to
>an oracle database. What else needs to be installed?

[Quoted]  You must install the Oracle client software.

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