Can ODBC set by Instant Client be used in MS SQL linked Server?

Question

Hi:
I want to know if a ODBC set by Instant Client can be used to set a linked server in MS SQL.
I follow the install instruction about Instant Client.
I create a ODBC setting and the connection tested successful.
I also build it in DTS package in MS SQL and the data transfer process can be run correctly.
But when I tried to build a linked server from MS SQL to oracle, it always returned the error message
System1 Setting:
MS Win 2003 + MS SQL 2000 + Instant Client 10.1.0.4
System2 Setting:
MS Win 2000 + Oracle 9.2
Any opinion or suggestion is appreciated.
Toni Lee

Answer 1

with t_segment
as
     select block_id, blocks, owner, segment_name,segment_type
       from dba_extents
      where tablespace_name = upper('&1')
      union all
     select block_id, blocks, 'sys' owner, 'Free' segment_name, 'FREE'
       from dba_free_space
      where tablespace_name = upper('&1')
      order by 1
t_segment_1
as
      select block_id,
          blocks,
          owner, segment_name, segment_type,
          owner||'-'||segment_name||'-'||segment_type seg
        from t_segment t
       order by 1
select block_id, owner, segment_name, segment_type, sum(blocks) blocks
   from (select val block_id, owner, segment_name, segment_type,  blocks
        from (select block_id,
               blocks,
                        owner, segment_name, segment_type,
               seg,
               row_number() over(order by block_id) rno,
               nvl(lag(seg) over(order by block_id),' ') lag_seg
             from t_segment_1)
       model
       return updated rows
       dimension by(rno)
       measures(block_id, blocks, seg, lag_seg, 0 val, owner, segment_name, segment_type)
       rules update
          val[any] = case when seg[cv()] <> lag_seg[cv()] then block_id[cv()] else val[cv()-1] end
  group by block_id, owner, segment_name, segment_type
  order by block_id