I want to create a small dev database just to use for developing my application. I've downloaded the Oracle Instant client and followed the directions to "install" (ie, copy/paste and set up some environment variables), but I can't find any information on how to connect, login, create database, etc, or even exactly what Instant Client is, specifically. So, a few specific questions:
Is Instant client just a set of drivers and components that allow you to connect to an existing database, or can you use Instant Client to create and administer a completely new database?
If it CAN be used to create a new database:
How do you "start" (or similar concept) the database so that it is ready for connections.
Because there is no installation, and no default configuration, I haven't set up a default schema, port, etc. So, what is the default connection information to connect to the database for the first time?
For example, I use SQL Developer to connect to and administer my remote database, so how could I connect to Instant Client from SQL Developer?
The client is JUST a client.
You'll want to download the Oracle Database installs. The easiest would be the XE (Express Edition) - it's free, and gets going on windows or linux pretty quick.
You'll then install the server software and THEN create a database. Then you can use your client to connect to said database. You can use your client now to connect to any Oracle database running on any server that you can see on your network.
There are more alternatives.
I talk about this in more detail here.
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I am new to ADF/JDeveloper. I'd like to configure my ADF Web application to Oracle Live Server, since I'm using a Mac computer, which are not supported by Oracle's database distribution, I have tried to use Oracle VM but it freezes my Mac.
Needs information on database configuration panel are:
Host name
JDBBC port
SID
Oracle does not provide database connection information for the database behind livesql.oracle.com. If you want your own cloud database, you should look into setting up an Oracle Cloud Free Tier database. If you configure your database using the Always Free options, you should be able to have your database around for free forever.
I download oracle instant client 12.2.0.1.0, I try to use sql loader to load csv data to the database. I can successfully load using following:
sqlLdr.exe userid=user/password#//192.9.200.228:1521/oracle ERRORS=4000 control=D:\temp\csma\xx_20190225.ctl log=D:\temp\csma\xx.log
However my production would only allow secured connection only (use tcps), can I use tcps by EZConnect? If not how can I connect using tcps using just the instant client (not full client)?
Instant Client based applications can connect using a Net Service Name from a tnsnames.ora file. The Instant Client installation instructions (eg. the instructions for Linux x64) tell you where to put the Oracle Net configuration files. Create the default location, put the files there, and update the connect string in your application.
With Oracle 19c, the Easy Connect syntax was extended to be 'Easy Connect Plus' so you specify things like the wallet location in-line, see the Understanding the Easy Connect Naming Method in the Oracle Net 19c documentation. No Instant Client 19c has been released yet.
I have a database Connection established in odbcad and Microsoft Access (aswell as working in Excel) via ODBC and want to also get it working in Oracle SQL developer.
It is a Windows SQL Server as far as i know and I have tried several Settings, of which None works. I have also installed Driver for ODBC. I would like to Import Settings into SQL developer as applied in MS Access, is there any possibility?
No, SQL Developer is a Java application and uses a JDBC driver.
But if you look at the odbc properties for your connection, those should largely translate to what you need to define a basic connection.
Oracle:
Server name or IP address of the DB, port # for the listener, and the name of the SID or Service, plus a valid username and password is all you need to connect to Oracle.
What error do you get when you try to connect?
Show us what you're trying.
Update:
You're trying to connect to SQL Server but you're getting"
Native SSPI library not loaded
You're trying to use OS Authentication for your connection. For this to work with the jTDS driver, you need to copy a DLL file named ntlmauth.dll (which is for NT authentication) under the jtds-x.x.x-dist\x86\SSO\ or jtds-x.x.x-dist\x64\SSO\, to any directories in the PATH environment.
Please update your question such that's it's clear you're connecting to SQL Server and share the error message so others can find it.
I imagine this question is a duplicate of many previous iterations of the same challenge.
We have a large SSIS solution with many connection managers pointing to Oracle. Provider is ODBC, data sources are set to defined system DSNs. So far we use user names and passwords and everything works fine. Now we want to switch to Kerberos authentication.
I can already successfully query the Oracle database using sqlplus with Windows authentication.
I'm having hard time achieving the same from SSIS using ODBC connection managers.
Is it possible to reconfigure the ODBC connection managers so they will use Windows authentication? How should be the connection manager configured?
The question is specifically about ODBC, please avoid answers like "use Attunity".
We use MS SQL Server 2016 Enterprise edition, Oracle 12.2.
I finally made it working, hope it helps someone.
I created a new DSN
as User ID I put [OracleUserName]
beware the square brackets! Those are necessary
the OracleUserName is user name configured on Oracle side (I do not know much about Oracle). The DBA configured the AD account to be able to login as this user.
I have to create win32 client on Delphi, which can work with database on Oracle. The only problem with this task that client have to demand "zero administration".
In other words user downloaded it from our site and ran it without any installing oracle client and tuning tnsnames.ora.
My first aproach was to install apache on server side with connection to Oracle. Our win32 client this case is like web brouser works with Oracle via https.
It works but performance is not so good as expected. Delay in reaction between clent and server side is too long.
Is there any way to acheve my goal (zero adminstration client with good enough performance)?
The product ODAC (Oracle Data Access Components) from DevArt has a "no oracle client needed" mode. This would probably be the easiest solution. You could also just include the Oracle Instant Client with your product and use Oracle's "EZConnect" syntax so that you don't have to configure anything on the client. Using EZConnect allows you to connect to an Oracle Database without using a TNSNames.ora file.