Re: ODBC dependencies on SQL Net (or Net8)

"Jeremy Ovenden" <jovenden_at_hazelweb.co.uk> wrote in message news:8jsj9h$o9l$1_at_gxsn.com...
> Does anyone know whether you can connect to an oracle database from a
 client
> program (such as Excel) using ODBC *without* having to install any Oracle
> client software?
>
> Or to put the question another way, what is the minimum software has to be
> installed on a client PC to connect ODBC compliant app with a remote
> database?
>
> thanks
>
> jeremy ovenden - jovenden_at_hazelweb.co.uk
>
>
>
>

No sir, ODBC interfaces to sqlnet.
You'll need at least the sqlnet client and the Required support files for that version of sqlnet (are installed automatically). For Oracle 7, this is about 45M.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Tue Jul 04 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT