Re: Oracle Client to connect to remote DB

If you can find it, try Ora.8.0.5. It is the last version of Oracle that I know that doesn't require X-session to install. -Stathis. Mindblender wrote: > > 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