Re: Connection to ORACLE: Need some explanations

On 22 Jun 2006 13:14:39 -0700, tommaso.gastaldi@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

¤ Hi Paul,
¤
¤ Ok I think I see now what you mean. You are sayng that the installation
¤ of the Oracle Client does not install by default the OleDb provider. So
¤ when the Administrator installed the client probably he did not select
¤ to install the OleDb drivers too. Is that what you mean?

Exactly. They are separate installs.

¤ In such a case I guess that one should reinstall the Oracle client
¤ making sure that also the OleDb providers is selected for installation.
¤ Right?
¤

If I remember correctly the client software and the OLEDB provider are separate installs on the CD.
I would *not* reinstall the Oracle client software if everything else is working. Only install the
OLEDB provider.


Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)
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