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

From: D. Patrick <replywithinthegroup_at_thenotreal.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:52:32 GMT
Message-ID: <kPemg.15235$Z67.11657_at_tornado.socal.rr.com> 







"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message 
news:1150908202.880906_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...

> D. Patrick wrote:
>> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message 
>> news:1150755139.673102_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...




>>> D. Patrick wrote:



>>>> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message 
>>>> news:1150747758.818897_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
[Quoted] >>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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?




>>> Based on what you've written you have absolutely no business trying to

>>> connect (I'd use the word hack or crack) into the server. If the people


>>> that paid for the Oracle license can't provide a technical person to

>>> provide you with the correct tool and the required configuration file

>>> you are in need of being referred to law enforcement officials not

>>> Oracle resources.

>>>




>>> This may be a bit of an over-reaction to what you wrote but I take

>>> security seriously, I hope everyone does, and a non-technical person


>>> has no business authorizing you to do anything. Only a DBA should be

>>> giving you server names/IP addresses and only a DBA should give you a

>>> user-id and password.

>>>




>>> I encourage everyone else to not help this poster unless there is some

>>> reason to believe this is anything but an attempt at a break-in.


>>> -- 

>>> 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

>>
>>
>> Wow.  Next time you need help, just remember how you dish it out 
>> yourself. I'm only asking about which is the right file to download 
>> because this one had no SETUP.EXE file.   I didn't realize I was asking 
>> for your kids' names and social security numbers!
>>
>> By the way, if a DBA set up a user account and password for a hacker, 
>> they have bigger problems than me.  And if a hacker was as dumb with 
>> Oracle as me, then there is no risk.   So:  will someone please just tell 
>> me what file to download that has a setup file I can run?
>
> My point was, and remains, that if you are supposed to be accessing
> the database then the DBA should be involved and would provide you
> with the appropriate tool and connection information.
>
> If you can't ask the DBA for help it equates, in my mind, with being
> a hacker. I've yet to meet the DBA that didn't want to make sure
> someone connecting to their database had the correct tools and the
> correct configuration.
>
> If the DBA won't help you ... there is a reason. Likely a good one.
> -- 
> 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






The problem is more that I'm going through multiple layers of people and 
vendors, and no one is technical enough to advise about connectivity issues. 
I'm a SQL Server tech and able to help with tech issues related to sql 
syntax, but just not familiar with Oracle. 
Received on Wed Jun 21 2006 - 18:52:32 CEST












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