Re: Oracle Universal Installer

jmulvey_at_ix.netcom.com (Jim Mulvey) wrote in message news:<d1e3cb86.0202061424.222f804_at_posting.google.com>...
> OK, I admit that I don't really know much about Oracle, but SHEESH it
> seems like Oracle almost INTENDS to make their stuff more difficult
> than necessary.
>
> All I wanted to do was install the latest Oracle ODBC client on my
> Windows XP machine. I downloaded the Oracle 9i driver, which was
> compressed in the funkiest .JAR format I've ever seen (read: add 20
> minutes to installation time to find a decompresor)
>
> Then I look around for SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE or
> RUN-THIS-YOU-DUMBASS.EXE. Nothing. Nada. Ok, spend a few minutes
> reading the readme.. I need the "Oracle Universal Installer"... hmm...
> ok...
>
> Go back to the Oracle website... hmmm... can't be found.. lots of
> references but no bits.
>
> Can someone *PLEASE* tell me where I can get a version of Oracle
> Universal Installer that works with version 9?
>
> Thanks,
> - Jim

The ODBC driver runs on top of the Oracle 9 client. The Oracle 9 client is available only in the full product (which can be downloaded for free from the same site), and obviously in that case you only have to install the client separately. The client includes the installer. The ODBC driver does *NOT* include the client/ Hint: Oracle is not for those who, thanks to Bill Gates, only know how to click.
If you would have read the readme before starting to shout you would have known.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Thu Feb 07 2002 - 06:59:54 CET