RE: [PHP-DB] PHP an Oracle.

Oracle really need to get their act in order with respect to this.... a client install should install alll the libraries and include files needed to link with other products They should also rationalize their locations for include files - they cant seem to decide whether "public/" or "demo/" is the place for them. I would have thought "include/" would be the logical place ! All those Oracle users should raise bugs/ enhancement requests/ complaints about this - if we dont I guess it wont change > -----Original Message----- > From: Vince LaMonica [SMTP:Vince.LaMonica@quest.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:38 AM > To: Jason Cox > Cc: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] PHP an Oracle. > > On 2000-08-21, Jason Cox stated: > > } Isn't there anyway to Install oracle support without having to install the > } oracle client? On linux, I believe the oracle client install requires xwindows > } and we don't install xwindows on our webservers. Is there somewhere I can jsut > } download the required oracle libraries? > > Oracle 8i client installer requires Xwindows due to it being JAVA > based. I'm afraid there's no other way. You might want to install a slim X > Window Manager and then deinstall it after 8i client is installed. > > Also, as Rasmus pointed out, an Oracle 8i "client install" doesn't include > all the needed libraries. From installing 8i 5 times on my NT workstation, > I can definitely attest to that. You need to do a custom install to make > sure you get OCI functions [and it's also a good idea to install SQL Plus > so you can test your connection]. > > A good rule of thumb is that if you can connect to your Oracle server with > SQL Plus, you'll be able to connect with PHP4. > > /vjl/ > >