Re: I can't find a SETUP.EXE in the SQL Plus Client ??

[Quoted] On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:17:03 GMT, "D. Patrick" <replywithinthegroup_at_thenotreal.com> wrote:

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>"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
>news:1150747758.818897_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
>> D. Patrick wrote:
>>> I am not used to Oracle, sorry. I need the client tool to access someone
>>> else's server for testing some SELECT statements I'm writing for them. I
>>> went to:
>>>
>>> http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/sql_plus/index.html
>>>
>>> and I downloaded the "SQL Plus Instant Client". I just want a free
>>> client because I don't own the Oracle license. I downloaded it, but
>>> there are just DLLs and 2 JAR files. I don't see any SETUP.EXE file to
>>> start the install. What am I missing? How do I get a free Oracle client
>>> installed, if possible, so I can test some SQL statements.
>>
>> You do something you may be unfamiliar with since you aren't used to
>> Oracle: You READ the documentation.
>>
>> But to flesh this out a bit more ... how are you going to connect to the
>> server? The web? TCP/IP? Through a firewall? What version? Your post is
>> dangerously short of information that might affect the answer.
>>
>> Whoever owns the server you are connecting to ... BTW with Oracle you
>> don't connect to servers ... should be able to get you a copy of SQL*Plus.
>> Alternatively you might be able to use the free download of
>> SQL*Developer available at http://otn.oracle.com. Hard to tell.
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>> (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
>> www.psoug.org
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>There is no documentation with that download. There is just a 2 sentence
>read-me file which doesn't address anything but a bug.
>
>I will connect through TCP/IP through a firewall.
>
>I just want to install the SQL Plus client tool for executing a few SQL
>statements. I can't get any software from the remote person because my
>contact is not technical, and it shouldn't matter if the client tool is
>available for download anyway. Can anyone help?
>

Likely one on those jars should be opened using the Oracle Universal Installer. But as you don't disclose the names, and rely on clairvoyancy, I bet you won't get any accurate responses.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA