Simplest way to install ODBC driver?

What is the simplest and least invasive way to install Oracle ODBC driver?
Do I need to install the Oracle client? Seems like there should be an easy way to do this.
I have an Oracle table I want to share with about five people. The best way I know how is to do it in MS Access through ODBC.

Yes, you need an Oracle client installed in order to make use of the Oracle ODBC driver.
The simplest approach would be to download and install the full Oracle client, which includes an ODBC driver (though you may have to do a custom install to select this), on each client machine.
You could use the Oracle Instant Client, rather than the full Oracle client, which is much, much smaller in size than the full client, but requires more work to get set up. The Instant Client was originally designed for developers to install as part of their own application's installation procedures, so you need to set up some environment variables to get things to work and you don't get some of the GUI's that you would get with the full client.
Depending on the Oracle version, you may also want to consider writing a small APEX app to expose the data in the table to whoever needs it.
Justin

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Or download the 10g client, its in there and U can run it without having to install 10g...
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Unfortunately, that's as small as it gets if you want to have a supported configuration.
If you're really stuck, you may want to investigate third-party ODBC drivers. DataDirect has a "thin" ODBC driver they'd be happy to sell you.
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Thanks in advance
CODE:
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Absolutely,
Your URL will be different, and will be along the
lines of:
for ORACLE...
String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521:sid";['thin' refers to a specific driver that allows you to
not have an oracle instance running on the client
machine... port 1521 is teh default, check for
changes... and 'sid' is your instance name]
for mySQL...
String url = "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/sid";[you can guess]
There will be a driver either incuded with your DBMS
(you don't say which you have) but u need to either
place it in your classpath (it will be either a zip or
a jar), or unpack it and place it in your
application's codebase (if you plan to jar the whole
app up and deploy it that way), either way you need to
refer to the driver class using the following method
in the constructor:
for ORACLE...
Class.forName ("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");for mySQL...
Class.forName ("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver");You do not need to instantiate this driver, you are
just telling the context where it is...
then all you need to do is...
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,
"user", "password");
Statement s =
con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,
ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);and you are away!
Totally platform independent and no messing around
with ODBC toss
good luckHI,
these drivers will be loaded automatically when we install the respective softwares ? or we have to install them explicitly??
--Bhupendra Mahajan

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Radha (guest) wrote:
: Is there any way to wrap only the oracle odbc driver in an
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