Help Using Instant Client ODBC on Linux

I am familiar with using ODBC and visual basic under Windows. I would like to use the Oracle instant client ODBC under Red Hat ES3 within a C or C++ program to access an Oracle database.
Where can I find documentation related to this:
a) setting up an ODBC connection on Linux
b) installing the Oracle instant client on Linux
c) building an application with Oracle instant client ODBC
Am I correct in assuming that any C/C++ ODBC code examples from windows could also be used on Linux.
Thanks,
Werner

We are also interested in the very same thing. We are using third party compiler called SIMSCRIPT from CACI which has a module called SDBC for database connectivity. SDBC requires ODBC to be installed/configured. Our application is for Linux, therefore we are interested in using the ODBC driver on Linux clients to connect Oracle database servers on Linux and Sparc. I see the odbc related zip (for 10g) and rpm (for 11g) instant client files on the OTN Instant Client download page. How to install/configure odbc instant client? Is there a document/whitepaper/Metalink Note ?
Thank you

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#Deleted in all fields using Instant Client ODBC

Finally I got Instant Client ODBC installed and working. The trick seemed to be defining ORA_HOME, TNS_ADMIN, and the PATH to point to the Instant Client directory - and alphabetizing the entries in tnsnames.ora!
Anyway, now in linking tables within MS-Access there is one particular table that displays "#Deleted" in all columns of all rows. If I link to the same table using the regular Oracle ODBC driver, everything displays as it should.
I don't believe there is anything unusual about the table, no bigints. I show the columns below. Is there an explanation, and more importantly, a fix for this?
ML_TRANSACTION_ID VARCHAR2 16
ML_NAME_FIRST VARCHAR2 50
ML_NAME_LAST VARCHAR2 50
ML_ADDR1 VARCHAR2 64
ML_ADDR2 VARCHAR2 64
ML_CITY VARCHAR2 32
ML_STATE CHAR 2
ML_POSTAL_CODE VARCHAR2 10
ML_COUNTRY VARCHAR2 50
ML_PHONE VARCHAR2 25
ML_EMAIL VARCHAR2 150
ML_TRANSACTION_DATE DATE 7
ML_TRANSACTION_FREQ NUMBER 3,0
ML_TRANSACTION_AMT NUMBER 11,2
ML_TRANSACTION_TYPE CHAR 5
ML_REPEAT_ID VARCHAR2 16
ML_REPEAT_DATE DATE 7
ML_COMMENT VARCHAR2 512
DONATION_ID NUMBER 22,0
IS_PROCESSED CHAR 1
FILEDATE_STRING VARCHAR2 10
IMPORT_DATE DATE 7
BATCHNO VARCHAR2 16

Hi all. Just got ODBC working w/the instant client and would like to add what I've found with this with some quick testing.
I created a new Access 2002 database and created links to a test database on our 8.1.7.4 db. Created a link to the same schema/table in the test 10g database. The table from 8x works fine. The table from 10g has the #deleted for all data. On tables from 10g where the primary key is defined using a numeric column (seq number generated) the data look fine. If the table has a text based PK then I get the #deleted for all rows. The same keys in the 8x tables work fine.
Hope this helps in tracking down what might be amiss.

MS SQLServer Linked Server using Instant Client?

Does anyone have an example of setting up a linked server in SQLServer using instant client ODBC?

user11273096 wrote:
Hi All,
PLease need help urgently....
Have issue of connecting to a remote oracle server after following several tutorial online from step A-Z. http://www.dbatoolz.com/t/installing-oracle-instantclient-basic-and-instantclient-sqlplus-on-win32.html
I am the DBA that installed the remote oracle too so every information are right.Either you are mistaken or Oracle is in error.
I doubt Oracle mis-reports reality!
>
These are the errors: ORA-12154 or ORA-12560 TNS: protocol adapter error.ORA-12154 ALWAYS only occurs on SQL Client & no SQL*Net packets ever leave client system
ORA-12154 occurs when client requests a connection to some DB server system using some connection string.
The lookup operation fails because the name provided can NOT be resolved to any remote DB.
The analogous operation would be when you wanted to call somebody, but could not find their name in any phonebook.
The most frequent cause for the ORA-12154 error is when the connection alias can not be found in tnsnames.ora.
The lookup operation of the alias can be impacted by the contents of the sqlnet.ora file; specifically DOMAIN entry.

Instant client ODBC driver for Linux

I had previously posted this under the ODBC forum, but didn't get a response there.
I am familiar with using ODBC and visual basic under Windows. I would like to use the Oracle instant client ODBC under Red Hat ES3 within a C or C++ program to access an Oracle database.
Where can I find documentation related to this:
a) setting up an ODBC connection on Linux
b) installing the Oracle instant client on Linux
c) building an application with Oracle instant client ODBC
Am I correct in assuming that any C/C++ ODBC code examples from windows could also be used on Linux.
Thanks,
Werner

Hi,
>>a) setting up an ODBC connection on Linux
go to http://www.unixodbc.org/
More information you can take a look on Note:404041.1 from Oracle Metalink
>>b) installing the Oracle instant client on Linux
You can take a look on this link below:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html
Cheers

Instant Client/ODBC 10.2.0.4 doesn't use PK

Hi,
i got the problem in our application (VB6, JET-Engine, ODBC - old school access) simple statements doesn't uses primary keys (constraints). Instead it does a "Full Table Scan" and i don't know why.
More Infos:
It's a simple table called e.g. DOCUMENT, it's has a few rows, the important one ist DOC_RECID which was created like this...
CREATE TABLE DOCUMENT (
DOC_RECID number NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (DOC_RECID));
The Access is via DYNASET, the statement like this "select * from document where doc_recid = 123"
Tested with Instant Client/ODBC 10.2.0.2, 10.2.0.4 and DataDirects Wired Driver
Edited by: user11230853 on 04.06.2009 07:35

Hi, thanks for answering...
- I don't know if it's not the instant client (i read there's a bug 4608183 in IC < 10.2.0.2, but that's just with double and float)
And it's doesn't make a "Fullt table scan" when i don't use the application (same statement)
Quote:
Note.257828.1 Ext/Pub Full Table Scan While Quering DATE Columns Using Oracle ODBC Driver:
Note.403198.1 Ext/Pub Full Index Scan in Execution Plan With Access and Double or Float as Primary Key:
Note.373129.1 Ext/Pub Slow Performance Exhibited by Oracle ODBC Against 10.2 Oracle Database:
- Yes it is the statement
- Yes there i updates the statistics myself, and ich also dropped the other indizies and created them again.
- There are 275.000 rows in the table and 58 columns (varchar2, number, datetime, 2 CLOBs and 1 BLOB)
Edited by: user11230853 on 04.06.2009 23:42

Where can I download the instant client ODBC driver for windows 7

I upgrade to windows 7 and my instant client connecting to oracle from ms Access stop working. Is there any documentation on how it works on windows 7. I use instant client and odbc cleint for xp.
Thanks

11.2 is currently the only supported version on Win7, and you can get the instant client here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/htdocs/winsoft.html
Hope it helps,
Greg

Instant-client odbc installation

I am trying to connect to remote database using R .So i downloaded client-basic-nt and instant-client -odbc from oracle .Unzipped both of them in the same folder and then tried to run odbc_install.exe.
It doesn't give me an error but it i feel it just doesn't execute and escapes .First i thought that it did install the client but i cant see any sqlnet.ora files and tnsname.ora file .In fact i cant find oracle/network directory ?can anyone suggest me is there another set of installation i require before this step ?

this is how I installed Instant client:
1.downloaded oracle client extracted to C:\Oracle Client\
all the files extracted are in the folder as you see here C:\Oracle Client\instantclient_11_2
2.created a C:\Oracle Client\tnsnames.ora
make sure you have the db connection details you want to connect to in this tns file
3. set env. variables. (I hope you know how to do this in windows)
Variable name : TNS_ADMIN Variable value : C:\Oracle Client
Variable name : LD_LIBRARY_PATH Variable value : C:\Oracle Client\instantclient_11_2
Variable name : Path Variable value : C:\Oracle Client\instantclient_11_2 (include this to already existing variable 'path')
hope this helps. reply back if you have a question.
KR

The Instant Client SDK on Linux was released today

The 10.1.0.3 Linux Instant Client SDK was posted on OTN today. See
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.html
You can now use Instant Client to compile PHP. You need to modify
PHPs configuration scripts first. One suggested change is given in
PHP bug http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31084 The diff in the bug is a
little awkwardly wrapped. Here it is again for ease of
cutting/pasting. See the bug for the other instructions.
-- CJ
--- ext/oci8/config.m4.orig     2004-02-04 01:22:34.000000000 +1100
+++ ext/oci8/config.m4     2004-12-14 18:36:21.000000000 +1100
@@ -38,16 +38,46 @@
       OCI8_VERSION=8.1
     fi
   else
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(Oracle-OCI8 needed libraries not found)
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle (OCI8) required libraries not found])
   fi
   AC_MSG_RESULT($OCI8_VERSION)
-PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle-OCI8 support,
-[ --with-oci8[=DIR]       Include Oracle-oci8 support. Default DIR is ORACLE_HOME.])
+AC_DEFUN(AC_OCI8IC_VERSION,[
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client version])
+ if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libociei.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+    if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1; then
+      if test ! -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([Link from $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME to libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1 not found])
+      fi
+      OCI8_VERSION=10.1
+    else
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client library version not supported])
+    fi
+ else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client libraries not found])
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$OCI8_VERSION])
+])
+
+PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle (OCI8) support using ORACLE_HOME installation,
+[ --with-oci8[[=DIR]]     Include Oracle (OCI8) support using an ORACLE_HOME
+                        install. The default DIR is ORACLE_HOME])
+
+PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8-instant-client, for Oracle (OCI8) support using Oracle Instant Client,
+[ --with-oci8-instant-client[[=DIR]]    Include Oracle (OCI8) support using
+                        Oracle Instant Client. DIR is the directory with the
+                        Instant Client libraries. On Linux it will default to
+                        /usr/lib/oracle/<most_recent_version>/client/lib
+                        Other platforms will need to have it explicitly specified.])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" != "no"; then
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install-Dir])
+
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-oci8 and --with-oci8-instant-client are mutually exclusive])
+ fi
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install Directory])
   if test "$PHP_OCI8" = "yes"; then
     OCI8_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME
   else
@@ -116,14 +146,18 @@
         -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+
     10.1)
       PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
       PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($OCI8_DIR/lib, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+      AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+
-      AC_MSG_ERROR(Unsupported Oracle version!)
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle version])
   esac
@@ -145,10 +179,88 @@
     -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ dnl
+ dnl Check if we have collections
+ dnl
+ PHP_CHECK_LIBRARY(clntsh, OCICollAssign,
+ [
+    AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ ], [], [
+    -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ ])
+
+
   PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
   PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
   PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
   PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
+elif test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client directory])
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" = "yes"; then
+dnl Generally the Instant Client can be anywhere so the user must pass in the
+dnl directory to the libraries. But on Linux we default to the most recent
+dnl version in /usr/lib
+    PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT=`ls -d /usr/lib/oracle/*/client/lib 2> /dev/null | tail -1`
+    if test -z "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client directory not found. Try --with-oci8-instant-client=DIR])
+    fi
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+
+ OCI8_DIR=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client SDK header directory])
+
+dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK RPM install
+ OCISDKRPMINC=`echo "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" | sed -e 's!^/usr/lib/oracle/$.*$/client/lib[[/]]*$!/usr/include/oracle/\1/client!'`
+
+dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK zip file install
+ OCISDKZIPINC=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/sdk/include
+
+ if test -f "$OCISDKRPMINC/oci.h"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKRPMINC)
+    PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKRPMINC)
+    OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKRPMINC
+ elif test -f "$OCISDKZIPINC/oci.h"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKZIPINC)
+    PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKZIPINC)
+    OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKZIPINC
+ else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client SDK header files not found])
+ fi
+
+ OCISYSLIBLIST=`echo "$OCI8INCDIR" | sed -e 's!$.*$/include$!\1/demo/sysliblist!'`
+ if test -f "$OCISYSLIBLIST"; then
+    PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE(`cat $OCISYSLIBLIST`, OCI8_SYSLIB)
+ fi
+
+ AC_OCI8IC_VERSION($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+ case $OCI8_VERSION in
+    10.1)
+      PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+      PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+      ;;
+
+    *)
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle Instant Client version])
+      ;;
+ esac
+
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_INSTANT_CLIENT,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
fi

I've just installed the 10.1.0.3 instant client basic and sdk and php-4.3.9 on a Mandrake 10 Linux system
However I can`t patch the config.m4 file.
patch -p0 config.m4 php_oci8ic_buildpatch
patching file config.m4
Hunk #1 FAILED at 38.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 146.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 179.
3 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file config.m4.rej
config.m4.rej says:
*** 38,53 ****
OCI8_VERSION=8.1
fi
else
- AC_MSG_ERROR(Oracle-OCI8 needed libraries not found)
fi
AC_MSG_RESULT($OCI8_VERSION)
- PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle-OCI8 support,
- [ --with-oci8[=DIR] Include Oracle-oci8 support. Default DIR is ORACLE_HOME.])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" != "no"; then
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install-Dir])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" = "yes"; then
OCI8_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME
else
--- 38,83 ----
OCI8_VERSION=8.1
fi
else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle (OCI8) required libraries not found])
fi
AC_MSG_RESULT($OCI8_VERSION)
+ AC_DEFUN(AC_OCI8IC_VERSION,[
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client version])
+ if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libociei.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+ if test -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1; then
+ if test ! -f $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Link from $PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME to libclntsh.$SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME.10.1 not found])
+ fi
+ OCI8_VERSION=10.1
+ else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client library version not supported])
+ fi
+ else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client libraries not found])
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$OCI8_VERSION])
+ ])
+
+ PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8, for Oracle (OCI8) support using ORACLE_HOME installation,
+ [ --with-oci8[[=DIR]] Include Oracle (OCI8) support using an ORACLE_HOME
+ install. The default DIR is ORACLE_HOME])
+
+ PHP_ARG_WITH(oci8-instant-client, for Oracle (OCI8) support using Oracle Instant Client,
+ [ --with-oci8-instant-client[[=DIR]] Include Oracle (OCI8) support using
+ Oracle Instant Client. DIR is the directory with the
+ Instant Client libraries. On Linux it will default to
+ /usr/lib/oracle/<most_recent_version>/client/lib
+ Other platforms will need to have it explicitly specified.])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" != "no"; then
+
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-oci8 and --with-oci8-instant-client are mutually exclusive])
+ fi
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Install Directory])
if test "$PHP_OCI8" = "yes"; then
OCI8_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME
else
*** 116,129 ****
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
10.1)
PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($OCI8_DIR/lib, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
- AC_MSG_ERROR(Unsupported Oracle version!)
esac
--- 146,163 ----
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+
10.1)
PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($OCI8_DIR/lib, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle version])
esac
*** 145,154 ****
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
fi
--- 179,266 ----
-L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ dnl
+ dnl Check if we have collections
+ dnl
+ PHP_CHECK_LIBRARY(clntsh, OCICollAssign,
+ [
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ ], [], [
+ -L$OCI8_DIR/lib $OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD
+ ])
+
+
PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
+ elif test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" != "no"; then
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client directory])
+ if test "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" = "yes"; then
+ dnl Generally the Instant Client can be anywhere so the user must pass in the
+ dnl directory to the libraries. But on Linux we default to the most recent
+ dnl version in /usr/lib
+ PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT=`ls -d /usr/lib/oracle/*/client/lib 2> /dev/null | tail -1`
+ if test -z "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client directory not found. Try --with-oci8-instant-client=DIR])
+ fi
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+
+ OCI8_DIR=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([Oracle Instant Client SDK header directory])
+
+ dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK RPM install
+ OCISDKRPMINC=`echo "$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT" | sed -e 's!^/usr/lib/oracle/$.*$/client/lib[[]]*$!/usr/include/oracle/\1/client!'`
+
+ dnl Header directory for Instant Client SDK zip file install
+ OCISDKZIPINC=$PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT/sdk/include
+
+ if test -f "$OCISDKRPMINC/oci.h"; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKRPMINC)
+ PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKRPMINC)
+ OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKRPMINC
+ elif test -f "$OCISDKZIPINC/oci.h"; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($OCISDKZIPINC)
+ PHP_ADD_INCLUDE($OCISDKZIPINC)
+ OCI8INCDIR=$OCISDKZIPINC
+ else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Oracle Instant Client SDK header files not found])
+ fi
+
+ OCISYSLIBLIST=`echo "$OCI8INCDIR" | sed -e 's!$.*$/include$!\1/demo/sysliblist!'`
+ if test -f "$OCISYSLIBLIST"; then
+ PHP_EVAL_LIBLINE(`cat $OCISYSLIBLIST`, OCI8_SYSLIB)
+ fi
+
+ AC_OCI8IC_VERSION($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT)
+ case $OCI8_VERSION in
+ 10.1)
+ PHP_ADD_LIBRARY(clntsh, 1, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ PHP_ADD_LIBPATH($PHP_OCI8_INSTANT_CLIENT, OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ ;;
+
+ *)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([Unsupported Oracle Instant Client version])
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_ATTR_STATEMENT,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_9_2,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8_TEMP_LOB,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(PHP_OCI8_HAVE_COLLECTIONS,1,[ ])
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI_INSTANT_CLIENT,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(oci8, oci8.c, $ext_shared)
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OCI8,1,[ ])
+
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_DIR)
+ PHP_SUBST_OLD(OCI8_VERSION)
+
fi
How can i patch the config.m4 file??

Instant client ODBC package

I'm trying to use the instant client odbc driver but seem to have a problem when calling SQLConnect. Here is my call to the function:
SQLConnect(connHandle, database, SQL_NTS, username, SQL_NTS, password, SQL_NTS)
The username and password are passed correctly but for some reason the database (SID) is not. When I specify the SID in TWO_TASK it works fine. Here is the connect string from cli.trc when not specifying the SID in TWO_TAKS:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)(PROGRAM=/home/oracle/instantclient/bin/oracle)(ARGV0=oracletest3)(ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))')(DETACH=NO))(CONNECT_DATA=(CID=(PROGRAM=db2xml)(HOST=XXXXXXX)(USER=root))))
Any idea why I wouldn't be able to specify the SID in the SQLConnect function but I'm able to with TWO_TASK?
Thanks.

Are you only having this problem when using Instant Client, rather than the full client?

Problem using instant client with Win 7

Hi,
I have a Powerbuilder application that runs very well with Win XP and Oracle client 8 to 10.
With new computers (Win 7), we try to use instant client... but there are problems with accents ! In fact, all accents are replaced by a "¿" in the database.
It only appears when we are using our programs from a Win 7 machine with instant client.
Do you know if there is something to configure to solve this problem ?
Best regards.

user1931557 wrote:
Hi,
I have a Powerbuilder application that runs very well with Win XP and Oracle client 8 to 10.
With new computers (Win 7), we try to use instant client... but there are problems with accents ! In fact, all accents are replaced by a "¿" in the database.
It only appears when we are using our programs from a Win 7 machine with instant client.
Do you know if there is something to configure to solve this problem ?
Best regards.
If the characters only appear on certain clients, then they are NOT being "replaced ... in the database". What you are seeing is an issue with presentation, not data.

Instant Client for z/Linux

Is there an instant client for z/Linux? z/linux 31 bit?

Hi,
You can read Note:391116.1 from Oracle Metalink
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How to use Instant Client 10G DSN-less feature with SQLDriverConnect?

We have been trying to use the DSN-less feature of the latest Instant Client, instantclient10_2, with the ODBC programming interface using SQLDriverConnect.
We are getting ORA-12560 errors and believe that our connect string isn't correct. The docs don't provide an example or indicate the correct keyword(s) to use.
The help file's "Format of the Connection String" page doesn't provide any clues and DBQ is definitely not working.
What format should be used?
Thanks

...So I take it that I'll have to have the server
export to csv or a db format that will provide a
connection on a stock xp or vista box.I'm not sure exactly what you're saying here. Are you suggesting that you'd export the data on the server to a CSV file, copy that to a network share, and have your application create an ODBC connection to the CSV file?
Are you wedded to installing absolutely nothing else? The Oracle Instant Client, for example, just requires copying 3 or 4 DLLs to a directory & setting some environment variables in order to install a minimal Oracle client and ODBC driver (though it won't work with the Microsoft ODBC driver for Oracle). That's normally a pretty minimal burden for an application to include in its installation scripts.
Justin

TNS_ADMIN (path to tnsnames.ora) using Instant Client IGNORED

Hi,
I developed a simple utility which uses OCCI LIB from 10g release. I'm deploying it with Oracle Instant Client lite libraries.
Everything works fine when tnsnames.ora is present in the same dir. When I move it somewhere else and set TNS_ADMIN to that directory, it doesn't work anymore:
C:\uplob>set TNS_ADMIN=c:\tns;
C:\uplob>echo %tns_admin%
c:\tns;
C:\uplob>uplob u/p@xe 15 input.dat
Exception:12154 ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specif
ied
This seems very simple, but I still cannot determine why TNS_ADMIN is not being taken into account.
Thank you for any help with this issue,
david

I think for Windows ,
You may have to set this in MY-COMPUTER-->Advanced-Env-Variables
and reboot to take effect.
rgds

Problem using Instant Client 10g with PHP4.3.10-16 on Debian Sarge

Hello,
My current email is [email protected]
I am trying to use PHP on Debian box using Oracle 10gR2 on a RH 4 server. Everything works fine individually, but I cannot get PHP4 to use InstantClient to connect to the Oracle Server. This is what I've done:
Oracle 10gR2 works fine on the RH 4 server. Listener is running and all required OS security is in place and works (TCP_wrappers, etc.).
Client machine runs Debian 3.1 (Sarge). It works fine and SSH connectivity to RH4 server works.
Instant Client 10gR2 installed on Debian client and works fine. Tested SQL*Plus connection to the RH server. I installed Instant Client from the zip file.
I did have to add libclntsh.so to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig to get Debian to use it, though.
Apache2.0.54-5 on Debian client works fine. Web pages on it can be opened in browsers from other machines.
Installed PHP4.3.10-16 on Debian client using following:
./configure --with-oci8-instant-client=<dir of my choice>
--enable-sigchild
I first checked ./configure help and the option with-oci8-instant-client was there.
Configure went well. Log showed checking for Instant Client files.
Ran make. Saw numerous Instant Client message as words scrolled.
Ran make install. Successful.
Restarted Apache2 with following env variables:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<my Instant Client directory)
TNS_ADMIN=<same directory where I put my sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora files).
SQLPATH=<same directory>
I know this is correct because Instant Client SQL*Plus can connect.
Browsers on other machines can view simple php scripts run from the Debian box.
BUT, phpinfo does NOT show an OCI8 section.
phpinfo does show the correct extension directory, though.
Somehow, my PHP4 configure and make is not using the --with-oci8-instant-client option.
I checked $PHP4HOME/ext/oci8/config.m4 file and the verbiage IS in there to use the --with-oci8-instant-client option, either with the default location or the extension_dir location.
I tried using the new ZendCore product, even though it is not certified for Debian. It installed okay but I could not get PHP5 to work. I uninstalled it successfully and redid all of the above.
So, any ideas as to what else I can do here? Other than not use Debian (which is probably the wisest thing to do). And I suppose I could install a thick Oracle client, assuming that Debian would take it. But I prefer the Instant Client.
I tried the PHP ./configure syntax I've seen several places on this forum.
./configure --with-oci8=instantclient,<directory>
This syntax may work on Red Hat machines but it throws a syntax error on Debian and aborts the configure.
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, but that did not work. Configure aborts because it cannot find the required OCI8 libraries. The --with-oci8 option is for the Oracle "thick" client. I have only the Instant Client...and am not interested in loading the older client.
I may have my own solution next week, though. I will be loading RH4 on a new server and will then install ZendCore and forget all about using Oracle with Debian.
Update on trying ZendCore on Debian Sarge:
I tried installing it again yesterday. The install seemed go to well, and said it was successful.
It did NOT load PHP5, however. Nor did it load the Instant Client. My previously installed PHP4 and Instant Client remained in my original directories.

Unable to connect remote databse via windows XP(using Instant Client)

I have downlaod instant Client and the PATH env variable automatically is set when I install Instant Client. Then I try to connect using the following(from the path C:/XEClient/bin):
sqlplus username/passwd@//host:[port][service name]
I get the following error:
ORA-12170: TNS: Connect timeout occurred
When I ping the host I get reply.
Also I am able to connect to that same database thru perl( so I presume there is no problem with the database not avaiable or port not open etc), where additionally ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID env variable are set to the path in the remote machine. The databse version is Oracle 9.2
Below is the sqlnet.log:
Fatal NI connect error 12170.
VERSION INFORMATION:
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Windows NT TCP/IP NT Protocol Adapter for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Time: 30-AUG-2006 14:56:03
Tracing not turned on.
Tns error struct:
ns main err code: 12535
TNS-12535: Message 12535 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNS
ns secondary err code: 12560
nt main err code: 505
TNS-00505: Message 505 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNS
nt secondary err code: 60
nt OS err code: 0
Client address: <unknown>
===========================================================
Am I missing some set up.
Can anybody help please...I have been trying since last 3 days.
Thanks

Hi Laurenz,
Sorry to say...but it still does not connect(incorporated your suggestions), nor is the trace generated. sqlnet.log looks no different. As about any other oracle clients...I did not have any until yesterday evening when we installed the entire 10g oracle...client and database.
Anyways now too after having installed oracle 10g on D drive, no succes in connecting to remote databse.
Two questions:
1. Is XE client compatible with 10g database? As I am trying to connect to 9.2 version as mentioned in my initial query.
2. When I ping the host I do get reply. BUT when I telnet i.e.
telnet host port
....it says "could not open connection to the host, on port XXX: connect failed"
Does it mean there is a firewall at the remote end which is preventing the successfull connection? But then how do I connect thru' Perl with no extra info...
Any other suggestion please let me know...and also do you suggest I uninstall all oracle clients other than XE...or is there any way out ...having multiple clients?
Another query...hope I can use toad after having set up the XE client?
Thanks in advance...
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