Re: ODBC drivers & client apps

 Choose your ODBC for Oracle very carefully. The ones supplied by Oracle for "free" may not serve to enhance your reputation as a provider of solutions.

Clemens Vasters wrote in article
<96b61118_a68b48de_3f7b3e_c12564ed_at_ABIT_MB.mail.technet.net>...

>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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Received on Mon Aug 11 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT