Re: packaging Oracle client installation

From: Andy Hassall <andy_at_andyh.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 22:26:18 +0100
Message-ID: <b3fi71hceu34a0he72dapnhsmo71f6i3f7_at_4ax.com>


[Quoted] On Wed, 4 May 2005 09:54:58 -0400, "Ray Porter" <ray_porter_at_unc.edu> wrote:

>Is it possible to package the necessary files, etc., so the Oracle Windows
>client components (ODBC, OLEDB) can be installed without the Universal
>Installer, by a client install application (for example, InstallShield or
>something home grown)? Is it also possible to deploy this packaged
>installation via the web? If so, does anyone have any guidelines or
>references to documentation on how to get started with this?

 Instant Client's probably your best bet here, see:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.html

[Quoted]  The ODBC supplement has batch files for doing the setup - if it's like the OCI [Quoted] [Quoted] stuff, there's no sign of Universal Installer.

[Quoted]  It's a lot smaller than a normal client install but it's still not exactly [Quoted] lightweight - you're looking at 32MB.

[Quoted]  I haven't used the ODBC parts of Instant Client - just the OCI ones, and the [Quoted] [Quoted] JDBC Thin driver (which is particularly convenient as it's very small, and can [Quoted] be easily deployed over Java Web Start along with a Java application).

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