On 2004-12-30, Access <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com> 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.
>>
>> Regards
>> HJR
>>
>>
>
> Isn't the lite 10g client only suitable for connections through JDBC ? But I
> could be wrong ...
Not at all. You could run TOAD through it if only TOAD didn't decide
to not play nice with version 10 OCIlibs. OTOH, Tora runs quite nicely with
the 10i instant client.
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