Re: I can't find a SETUP.EXE in the SQL Plus Client ??
From: D. Patrick <replywithinthegroup_at_thenotreal.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:11:22 GMT
Message-ID: <uaGlg.19176$uy3.6730_at_tornado.socal.rr.com>
> Based on what you've written you have absolutely no business trying to
> connect (I'd use the word hack or crack) into the server. If the people
> that paid for the Oracle license can't provide a technical person to
> provide you with the correct tool and the required configuration file
> you are in need of being referred to law enforcement officials not
> Oracle resources.
> This may be a bit of an over-reaction to what you wrote but I take
> security seriously, I hope everyone does, and a non-technical person
> has no business authorizing you to do anything. Only a DBA should be
> giving you server names/IP addresses and only a DBA should give you a
> user-id and password.
> I encourage everyone else to not help this poster unless there is some
> reason to believe this is anything but an attempt at a break-in.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> www.psoug.org
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:11:22 GMT
Message-ID: <uaGlg.19176$uy3.6730_at_tornado.socal.rr.com>
"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... >>> D. Patrick wrote: [Quoted] >>>> 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. >> [Quoted] >> 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? Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 01:11:22 CEST