On Dec 6, 2:13 pm, Lee <l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I decided to give Altova's new "DataBase Spy" a test drive; but during
> installation the application found only the Ms ODBC dricver for ORacle.
>
> I chose "OK, use that one" and then got an error message about how
> necessary Oracle client side component's werent there.
>
> Curious, because I have Oracle Instant CLient installed.
>
> I'm a bit fuzzy on the Instant client installation....do we need to set
> an Oracle Home? Or put something on the execution path?
>
> Sql*Dev by contrast has no problem and fires right up, as did a few
> other third party products.
>
> I dont know whether this really has anything to do with ALtova, or is a
> more of a question of Microsoft ODBC drivers hot playing well with
> Oracle or what.
>
> Shouldnt I be dowloading Oracles ODBC drivers instead? And if I DO, do
> I need to set any system magic (windows XP) to make the environemnt
> aware that I've got the Oracle ODBC stuff in there?
>
> Too many moving parts MOzart!
Instant client isn't the full client, and some software products
require the full Oracle client installation. This, apparently, is one
of them.
I suggest you visit www.oracle.com and download the full 10g or 11g
client (which is bundled with the database server software) and
install it.
David Fitzjarrell
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