Re: Oracle client, ODBC drivers, cpio, and oracle installer?

Well:
Download the Oracle software ( to the machine that needs it or to a sharable place that the client machine can access) Get the Full version - 9.2 is the current one - Unzip the files - run the setup.exe that will result..choose custom and only install the Oracle client software - Be sure to select the Windows version not any other ( Unix for instance) http://otn.oracle.com is the place to go for it..register and download the correct version.

brad_at_hennon.net (Bradley Hennon) wrote:

>First let me say, I know nothing about oracle, sql, programming, and
>very little Unix.
>
>I have a user running Windows 2000 sp2. We are installing an app that
>connects to a database server using oracle...I think.
>
>I have installed the same app on multiple machines with the same set
>up as this particular user without trouble. The app has been built
>using windows installer technology and attempts to connect to the
>database during the install. I get a oracle connection error halfway
>throught the install and the install aborts.
>
>I decided that I should try and re-install the oracle client and
>started doing some looking around on the oracle site. I have given up
>trying to fix this users issue temporarily but have not been able to
>get a grasp on all the downloads on the oracle site or how to use some
>of them.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>1. I downloaded oracle lite 9.1 and extracted it to my windows 2000
>machine. From the extension I realize that I need to use cpio to
>extract the necessary file. The problem is that I download cpio and
>now need to "compile" it to run on my machine and have no idea how to
>do so.
>
>I have 63 files from the cpio download with cryptic instructions for
>compiling the program, which looks like it is written in "c". The
>instructions look like that are meant for Unix and do not work on my
>2k machine.
>
>What do I need to do to extract the olite_50200_aix5l.cpio file? Once
>I extract it, will it be something I can use to re-install the oracle
>client?, or will it be more cryptic instructions.
>
>2. I gave up after several hours of reading the text files in the cpio
>documentation and decided to simply try downloading the odbc drivers,
>since there was some secondary error message referring to the odbc
>drivers during the app install. I downloaded the odbc drivers and
>extracted them only to get to a point where I am told to install them
>using the "oracle installer".
>
>What is the oracle installer, where can I get it (which download), and
>will I be able to use it?
>
>This doesn't seem like it should bee this difficult. I understand that
>I am not a database programmer and have no desire to become one, but I
>should be able to find enough information to understand the client
>side of the database scenario using oracle, and also have clear
>downloads for client side software...right?
>
>Thanks
>Brad
Received on Tue Jul 29 2003 - 14:12:10 CDT