This is exactly what I wanted to ask too. It would be very helpful if
somebody could reply with an answer relevant to the VB part.
"Jon Bigg" <jbigg_at_nospam.com> wrote in message
news:abgljk$8su$1_at_news.kodak.com...
> What exactly is needed to connect a client application to an Oracle db?
Our
> current standard procedure is to install the Oracle client software
> (anything ranging from v7.3.3 on up to 9i). I recently travelled to a
> European site to train users on the software and their support people were
> able to achieve the connection without installing the client. I believe
that
> had a script that only installed SQL Net components. I'm interested in
> finding out the minimum required components so that I can write a silent
> installation procedure for our VB6 application that installs our app as
well
> as the components needed for the db connection. Our customers have
requested
> this since they don't want to deal with two separate installs for one
> application. Any comments or advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Jon
>
>
Received on Fri May 17 2002 - 10:40:21 CDT
