Problems installing Oracle Instant Client

Hi *
I've unzipped oracle instance client on RH so I can connect to a remote DB server.
in the unpacked zip is:
libsqlplusic.so and
libsqlplus.so
I've set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to th instant client directory however I don't seem to have a few 'SO' files such as:
ldd sqlplus
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libsqlplus.so => /home/greenscp/instantclient/instantclient_11_2/libsqlplus.so (0xf7f4d000)
libclntsh.so.11.1 => not found
libnnz11.so => not found
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x0077d000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x00746000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x00732000)
libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0x00783000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00604000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x005ea000)
libclntsh.so.11.1 => not found
libnnz11.so => not found
Do I need to install more than just the instance client to get sqlplus working?
Thanks.
James

Have you downloaded and unzipped basic.zip also (that is a pre-requisite for getting sqlplus.zip to work)? Also, the basic.zip and sqlplus.zip should be for the same version of Instant Client.

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Subject:
Oracle Installer 8.1.X Hangs on Machines with Pentium 4
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Type:
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Status:
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Content
Type:
TEXT/PLAIN
Creation
Date:
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This alert was modified 16-January-2001 by specifying specific
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Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) for 8.1.x Hangs on Machines
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Versions Affected
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oracle 8.1.5
============
Oracle Universal Installer 1.6.0.9.0
Oracle 8.1.6
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_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]
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_SERVER["SERVER_ADDR"]
10.26.213.195
_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"]
80
_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]
10.45.112.152
_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]
C:/htdocs
_SERVER["SERVER_ADMIN"]
_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]
C:\htdocs\stuffs\test.php
_SERVER["REMOTE_PORT"]
51461
_SERVER["REDIRECT_URL"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"]
CGI/1.1
_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]
HTTP/1.1
_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]
GET
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no value
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/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME"]
C:/PHP/php-cgi.exe
_SERVER["ORIG_PATH_INFO"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED"]
C:\htdocs\stuffs\test.php
_SERVER["ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME"]
/php/php-cgi.exe
_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]
/stuffs/test.php
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sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libnnz10.so)
I had the same problem when I tried to compile directly from the client.
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Do you know if it works with another version of FreeBSD ? or should I install an emulator (I tried red hat 8.8, but doesn't work)? I tried to compile glib2.3.3, but it hasn't been ported on FreeBSD.
Anyway, I will try with redhat9.
Thanks,
Basha

Oracle instant client & unixODBC did not work on Fedora 4

Dear experts,
Please try to fix the following problem.
I want to connect to oracle 10g on windows XP from client that runs Fedora 4 using ODBC.
*1.     I installed oracle instant client on Fedora:*
•     oracle-instantclient11.2-basic-11.2.0.1.0-1.i386.rpm
•     oracle-instantclient11.2-devel-11.2.0.1.0-1.i386.rpm
•     oracle-instantclient11.2-odbc-11.2.0.1.0-1.i386.rpm
•     oracle-instantclient11.2-sqlplus-11.2.0.1.0-1.i386.rpm
*2.     Set the following environment variables:*
•     ORACLE_HOME          =/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client
•     ORACLE_HOME_LISTNER=/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/bin
•     LD_LIBRARY_PATH     =/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/lib
•     SQLPATH               =/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/lib
•     TNS_ADMIN               =/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/bin
•     TWO_TASK               =//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1521/orcl
*3.     Test connection from Fedora to Windows and it works perfect.*
sqlplus system/pass@//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1521/orcl
*4.     Intsall unixODBC-2.3.0.tar.gz*
*5.     Add Oracle ODBC entry in odbc.ini*
[ORCL]
Driver          = Oracle 11g ODBC driver
ServerName     = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Database     = orcl
DSN           = ORCL
Port          = 1521
*6.     And this’s the Oracle ODBC driver entry in odbcinst.ini*
[Oracle 11g ODBC driver]
Description          = Oracle ODBC driver for Oracle 11g
Driver               = /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/lib/libsqora.so.11.1
Driver64          =
Setup               =
Setup64          =
UsageCount          =
CPTimeout          =
CPReuse          =
FileUsage          =
*7.     Now, isql -v orcl system pass, fails and reports the following error:*
[S1000][unixODBC][Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-12504: TNS:listener was not given the SERVICE_NAME in CONNECT_DATA
[ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect
Here’s my tnsnames.ora:
ORCL =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = ORCL)
(SERVICE_NAME = ORCL)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
Here’s my listener.ora:
SID_LIST_ORCL =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = ORCL)
(ORACLE_HOME = /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client)
(GLOBAL_NAME = ORCL)
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
ORCL =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)(PORT = 1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
Here’s my sqlnet.ora:
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, EZCONNECT)
tnsnames.ora, listener.ora & sqlnet.ora are at /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/bin
Please I’m waiting your help, sorry for long post.
Best regards,
Edited by: 788062 on Aug 15, 2010 2:32 PM

It works now after removing listener.ora & sqlnet.ora and modifying ServerName from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1521/orcl.
Thanks for your time.

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1) Instead of having the tnsnames.ora file reside on the desktop. Is it possible to configure Instant Client to use a tnsnames.ora file on a different server? I'm trying have it so that when I create the System DSN, the TNS Service Name drop down box displays all the aliases listed in the remote server's tnsnames.ora file. Is this possible?
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If you want to avoid having to customize tnsnames.ora files on every client and use a centralized approach instead,
you should use "directory naming".
See http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/network.112/e10836/concepts.htm#sthref144
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double click autorun.exe in the autorun folder.

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Hi all,
I have installed oracle instant client. How to check whether I have installed correctly or not?
When I started the sqlplus.exe, it asked for username and password. But I don't have tnsnames.ora file. Do I have to manually create a tnsnames.ora file?
If so is there any particular directory that I have to create it?
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Anyone have experience about Mandrake9.1 + oracle instant client +php

Anyone have experience about Mandrake9.1 + oracle instant client +php
======================
Now i need your help about
1. Install oracle instant client on my MDK9.1
2. and want it so success and nice work ( PHP+Oracle Instant Client )
( PHP that can use oci8 tag : support oracle tag ) sir
Can you help me and send me how-to/guide/link that "It's work !! " ? sir
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Following links will help you:
php + openldap +oci8 instantclient
http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/notes/technote_php_instant.html

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I have to install oracle instant client in linux5 Red hat Enterprise.
I got to create the next:
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oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.3-1.i386.rpm
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And what I have to do with file oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.3-1.i386.rpm?
Besides, I don't see anything related with sqlplus, and I understand I need that.
May be this is something simple, but I not sure what to do.
Could somebody help me ?
Thanks and best Regards;
Al

At first try to check the Instant Client download page again: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/htdocs/linuxsoft.html
As you can see there are several categories of packages and description for these packages.
Instant Client Package - Basic: All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC-OCI applications
Instant Client Package - Basic Lite: Smaller version of the Basic, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and
Instant Client Package - JDBC Supplement: Additional support for XA, Internationalization, and RowSet operations under JDBC
Instant Client Package - SQL*Plus: Additional libraries and executable for running SQL*Plus with Instant Client
Instant Client Package - SDK: Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant
Instant Client Package - ODBC: Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications
Instant Client Package - WRC: Workload Replay Client used to replay workload for RAT's DB Replay Feature
You need to download those packages which are required for your application (for example).
Packages are provided in two versions. ZIP and RPM (for Redhat Package Manager).
You don't need to download both of versions. You can choose only one - ZIP or RPM, it depends on you.
Now you said, you need to use SQLPLUS.
1.So, you need to download these two packages (assume that you are running 32bit Linux):
instantclient-basic-linux32-10.2.0.3-20061115.zip
instantclient-sqlplus-linux32-10.2.0.3-20061115.zip2. Unzip these packages and you will see new directory named instantclient_10_2
3. Place this directory where you want (i.e to /opt directory)
mv instantclient_10_2 /opt/4. set the environment (still using /opt directory)
export PATH=/opt/instantclient_10_2:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/instantclient_10_2Note: To make this settings permanent put this commands to shell profile file (i.e.: For bash it is .bash_profile file) in user's directory or to /etc/profile file to make this settings global for any user.
5. Tnsnames file. By default TNS settings is searched in these directories and in order as follows:
/home/<current user>/.tnsnames.ora (Note the dot in .tnsnames.ora in this case)
/etc/tnsnames.ora
/<path to directory where the instant client directory is located>/instantclient_10_2/network/admin/tnsnames.ora (in our case it's the /opt directory)
Hope that helps.

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Hi,
I am having problems installing the Oracle Client 11g R2 64 bit installation on my Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise machine. The installer does all the checks successfully, it gets me to summary screen and I press finish to start the installation. It then opens the installation mask where it first says Checking whether Central Inventory is locked by another OUI session. After that it very briefly shows Central Inventory is not locked and then the window immediately dissapears with no other errors. I tried installing at my colleague's W7 Enterprise 64 machine and it behaves a little differently but with the same result. Basically on his machine it never even opens the Install mask, when pressing finish from the Summary it just disappears and never starts installation. I tried installing 11g R1 and that loads the first mask and when i press next it just dissapears. I basically need an oracle client 64 bit installation on my machine deperately. Please help. Thanks
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Hi,
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as long as the password contains no special chars (namely semicolon) it works fine. but when I try to use special chars in the password It stops working, with an invalid username/password error.
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i tried different variations of adding " (\") over the password, over the entire pwd=a;b or braces { but nothing seems to work.
the thing is that using ODBC works! what I did was:
open ODBC, go to System DSN tab, add "Oracle in instantclient11_1", then fill the following information:
Data source name: Anything
TNS Service Name: //10.10.101.66:1521/orcl
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then i press test connection, enter the password "a;b"
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I cannot figure out what's my problem.
Thanks,
Roy.

I've created your test table in my Oracle database using this extra character and I'm able to describe it properly.
SQL> desc test;
Name Null? Type
ATTIVITÀ VARCHAR2(40)
My character set being used is:
SQL> select * from v$nls_parameters;
NLS_CHARACTERSET
WE8ISO8859P15
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET
AL16UTF16
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS
BYTE
So as long as it doesn't work for you in your native Oracle database I don't think it would work with DG4ODBC. So yes, it would be best to log a service request so that the Oracle database support can check out the NLS issue.
Edited by: kgronau on Sep 28, 2011 9:21 AM
To be complete here the describe of the MySQL table native and using DG4ODBC:
mysql> create table TEST (attività Varchar(40));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> desc TEST;
---------------------------------------------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
---------------------------------------------------+
| attività | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | |
---------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.2.0 Production on Wed Sep 28 09:20:17 2011
SQL> desc "gateway"."TEST"@MYSQL_DG4ODBC_EMGTW_1122_DB;
Name Null? Type
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