Re: Oracle and ODBC

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:10:10 +1100
Message-ID: <41d44483$0$30483$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Niall Litchfield wrote:
> "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.

You mean, like, using nothing but their Web Browser??! Perish the thought!

:-)

Regards
HJR Received on Thu Dec 30 2004 - 12:10:10 CST