A very newbie question 2

[Tigerman]

Is Oracle a software package like Microsoft Access where you need to have Oracle installed to use it's databases or is it like Visual FoxPro in the sense where you can create stand alone applications that doesn't require Oracle to be installed on the machine? Thanks.

 

[karluk]

I would say it's more like MS Access. You need to have Oracle software installed on a database server somewhere, or there's no chance to develop a useable application.

 

[THoey]

And then you need to have the Oracle client installed on the machines where you want to access the database from (at least, that has been my experience) Terry M. Hoey

 

[Tigerman]

Thanks guys. This helps.