Re: odbc drivers lite

Hi Matthew

Yes. The OpenLink Multi-Tier from www.openlinksw.com installation was designed for just this very purpose.

Its a two-tier installation whereby you install a Server component which typically takes a few minutes to do and a client solution. There are no dependencies on Oracle other than a database should be installed and working. This is because the server side already has the Oracle software embedded within it. The client software is database independent.

In terms of configuration, if you wish, especially as you have so many clients, you can configure your server with all the necessary client information so when you install the OpenLink client software, you don't need to go to every client and fill in the same information, the client software will automatically detect configurations and use those values, zero client configuration. There are a few more advantages but a typical installation should take no more than 5-10 minutes after you get the software installed.

HTH Emmon Simbo
Openlink Software
Http://www.openlinksw.com

jocave_at_yahoo.com (Justin Cave) wrote in message news:<233b7a65.0303251630.37fab2b6_at_posting.google.com>...
> matt_hallam_at_hotmail.com (Matthew Hallam) wrote in message news:<b0b53d87.0303250232.6c541eeb@posting.google.com>...
> > We are trying to deploy an application to quite a few Windows 2000
> > clients.. all it needs is an ODBC connection to the backend Oracle 9i
> > database. Currently the only way to install the Oracle ODBC drivers is
> > to install about 300Mb worth of Oracle Client software - I was
> > wondering if anyone knew of a "lighter" way to do this.. ie just being
> > able to install the drivers and its dependant Sql Net (the Oracle
> > installer seems to insist on many more dependencies, hence the bulk)
>
> There's no way to do this that's supported by Oracle. I suspect that
> there's no way to do this period, because the ODBC driver has
> dependencies on a number of components besides SQL Net. I believe
> that the OUI is pretty accurate in determining what the actual
> dependencies are. There may be help files and documentation that gets
> installed that you could delete, but I'm not sure how much space that
> will save you.
>
> There are third parties that sell "thin" ODBC drivers (DataDirect is
> one) if you have a requirement to slim down the installation.
>
> Justin Cave
Received on Mon Mar 31 2003 - 15:57:54 CEST