Oracle 9i ODBC driver

[michlm]

Can an Oracle 9i ODBC driver be installed without installing the Oracle client? I am using Visual FoxPro 6.0 and need to connect up to an Oracle 9i database. I have not been able to find anything that allows me to install the ODBC driver without installing the client. Also, if this is possible, could someone please explain what I need to do to do this . . . . .

Any assistance you can give me would be appreciated!

TIA,
Michelle

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
The Oracle ODBC driver ( as with all standard ODBC drivers)
requires the Oracle client..ODBC is just a communication layer that uses the Client to actually make the connection to the database.
There are ODBC drivers out there that are 'wire protocol' or thin-client in operation ( Like Java type connections) so they do not need the client. A Google search for 'wire protocol' and Oracle should find them.