Re: Which Oracle client does Access use

From: Marc Blum <marc_at_marcblum.de>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:14:28 +0200
Message-ID: <eshgjuom3gil1ho5r19lfpa51r9vrfgi7l@4ax.com>

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 19:20:11 +0200, tojo <TomJordanNOSPAM_at_t-online.de> wrote:

>You can only have one version of the ODBC driver installed, regardless
>of how many homes you have. The ODBC driver's location won't tell you
>which home is current.
>
>Has someone mentioned the Oracle Home Selector utility?
>
>-- Tom

Hi Tom,

that's not true. All current versions of Oracle ODBC Drivers are OraHome-specific. Say, you are able to have one "Oracle in OraHome816",one "Oracle in OraHome817" etc

The ODBC-Driver versions on the CDs are not capable of this. You have to get newer versions via technet.oracle.com.

Excerpt from odbcrelnotes.wri:

...

ODBC 8.1.7.2.0
The ODBC installation now supports multiple Oracle homes. Each installation of the ODBC driver will be uniquely identified by the name of the Oracle home which it is installed under. For example, if the name of the Oracle home is "OraHome81" the ODBC driver will installed as "Oracle in OraHome81".

...

Marc Blum
mailto:marc_at_marcblum.de
http://www.marcblum.de Received on Fri Jul 19 2002 - 12:14:28 CDT