YES YOU NEED THE CLIENT SOFTWARE.
You also need to decide whether to develop using the MS Oracle ODBC driver
or the Oracle Oracle ODBC driver (not a misprint) .
To get the client download 8i Enterprise Ed from OTN; 8i client is an
install option from the CD image.
There are some notes on Metalink about packaging and response files ...
As for freeware NO it's NOT freeware; you need to check your server
licencing as to how many users can connect. Its free to download for
development. for example if you have production processor licence for
server you're OK otherwise you probably need to buy more client licences.
Speak to an Oracle sales rep.
"pheonix1t" <ph************@iliiearthilink.eionet> wrote in message
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Alex wrote: I have developed a VB application that uses Oracle 8i database for
backend. The database server is on the local network. From my development
machine, the application connects (via ODBC) to the database successfully. The
problem is that I want to install this application on several Windows
2000 client machines that do not have Oracle client installed (hence missing
all the ODBC connectivity support files/drivers). What is the minimum
requirements, in terms of support files, for ODBC connectivity to an
Oracle 8i database (other than an Oracle ODBC driver)? Is it necessary to
install SQL*Net or Net8 on the client machine? If yes, where on Oracle Web site
can I find these products? I searched the site over and over, but I was
unable to find them. Also, are they freeware? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks
Alex
you have to login to otn.oracle.com, go into the download section, the
clients are sometimes listed under the databases, other times they are
listed seperately. The login account is free if you don't have one.