Re: Oracle and ODBC

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:13:37 -0000
Message-ID: <41d9b565$0$16575$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:41d44483$0$30483$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
>> 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!
>
> :-)

:( .

OK I intended Windows *Developers* or Windows *Systems Admins* rather than users. Just setup an ODBC datasource on the client pc (whether end-user or web server) and expect it to work. When asked 'Have you installed any Oracle software?' the genuinely confused response is 'No. Do I need to?'

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com

Received on Mon Jan 03 2005 - 15:13:37 CST