Re: I can't find a SETUP.EXE in the SQL Plus Client ??

"D. Patrick" <replywithinthegroup_at_thenotreal.com> schreef in bericht news:scGlg.3440$MF6.755_at_tornado.socal.rr.com...
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> "Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_nospam.demon.nl> wrote in message
> news:di7e92tm2mvnfqnm8n1806gmo2pe0rfn6e_at_4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:17:03 GMT, "D. Patrick"
>> <replywithinthegroup_at_thenotreal.com> wrote:
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>>>"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
>>>news:1150747758.818897_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
>>>> D. Patrick wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>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?
>>>
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>>
>> Likely one on those jars should be opened using the Oracle Universal
>> Installer. But as you don't disclose the names, and rely on
>> clairvoyancy, I bet you won't get any accurate responses.
>>
>> --
>> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
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>
> People are tough to newbies in this group. I didn't post the JAR names
> because I don't think I downloaded the right ZIP. I downloaded the
> "Instant Client". The jar names are:
>
> classes12.jar
> ojdbc14.jar
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> That's it besides DLLs. And I don't have any idea what an Oracle
> Universal Installer is, by the way. I'm posting here because I'm asking
> nicely for help and acknowledged I'm new to Oracle.
>

My guess is that you've only downloaded the Basic (OCI) Instant Client package.
If you want to use SQL*Plus, you should also download the (same version) SQL*Plus Instant Client, containing the SQL*Plus executable. Here's the Release Notes of the 10.1 release: http://www.oracle.com/technology/docs/tech/sql_plus/10103/readme_ic.htm where the installation and configuration is described. It will not be easy, though, to install/configure this without any technical knowledge of your DB-environment.

-- 
Jeroen