Re: ODBC drivers & client apps

Yes. They do need SQL*Net. They can't talk to anything without the network transport (even not local). And they eat up roughly 20-25 Meg of HDD space just for a tiny driver to work, funny isn't it ?

Clemens Vasters
Reply-To: WinWizard_at_msn.com

• * * * Original Message * * * * In article <5s79jc$gn4$1_at_news.fred.net> Dave Menendez of Sycamore Associates, Inc. writes:

I have a question about ODBC/JDBC drivers. With the ODBC driver supplied with Personal Oracle7, it seems that SQL*Net has to be installed in order to successfully connect to a remote Oracle server. Do all Oracle ODBC drivers require the presence of SQL*Net?

I ask because I'm creating a client application that will connect to an Oracle7 server and want to be able to connect through a driver without the client having to install SQL*Net. Maybe I'm going about this all wrong.

The reason I believe the Oracle drivers have to have SQL*Net present is because the "connect string" field takes only "2:" to connect locally or a SQL*Net alias.

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave Menendez
dmnendez_at_olivet.edu

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