"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
news:41d39030$0$5287$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> premmehrotra_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>> I have a Windows 2000 Professional on my desktop. I want to
>> use ODBC to connect Microsoft Access to a Oracle backend. Oracle
>> database is on a HP UNIX Server and 9.2.0.5.
>>
>> My question is do I require any installation of Oracle,
>
> Yes, you do. You need the full-blown Oracle client installation. Whether
> you can get away with the 'lite' 10g client, I wouldn't know.
assuming you mean the 'Instant Client' then yes you can. I would imagine it
is exactly this sort of request that inspired the 'Instant Client'. For some
reason it seems popular among windows users to imagine that they can connect
to a database without client software.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com
Received on Thu Dec 30 2004 - 10:56:42 CST
