Re: Oracle Client to connect to remote DB

Do you know if the Oracle client can beinstalled via the command line? I don't have access to the box itself, only telnet access. Jeff ""Brian S. Dunworth"" <brian@theprintinghouse.com> wrote in message news:01C0FE4B.35B23E50.brian@theprintinghouse.com... > Jeff, > > As far as I know, you cannot get *only* the Oracle client for Linux. > When I called Oracle Worldwide Support and asked for one, they sent me the > whole Oracle 8i installation package for Linux. No problem, though -- when > you start the install on your Linux machine, you can choose to install only > the client. That's what I did, and it's working fine connecting to the > Oracle 8i database on our Sun. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mindblender [SMTP:noone@nowhere.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:35 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] Oracle Client to connect to remote DB > > I read a post on faqt.com that said that I could connect to a remote Oracle > DB if I had the Oracle client installed. Does anyone know where I can get > a > copy of only the client for Linux? I don't want to install the whole > Oracle > package, I use MySQL on the server, but have a client that is needing to > connect to an Oracle DB on their server from mine. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Jeff > -------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------- > Brian S. Dunworth > Sr. Software Development Engineer > Oracle Database Administrator > The Printing House, Ltd. > > (850) 875-1500 x225 > <brian@theprintinghouse.com> > ------------------------------------- > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >