Oracle ODBC Client and Driver Installation (Readme.txt) Copyright 1996,2003 Oracle Corporation.

All Rights Reserved ----------------------------------------------------------------This file contains installation instructions for installing the Oracle ODBC Driver software. It is divided into four parts: o Part I: Summary of systems supported by Oracle ODBC client software Lists the platforms on which the Oracle ODBC Client software can be installed. o Part II: Oracle ODBC Driver software. Describes the files, and installation prerequisites for the Oracle ODBC driver software. o Part III: Exploding the kit onto your system Describes how to explode the kit onto your system hard drive. o Part IV: Installation Instructions Describes how to install the Oracle ODBC driver. ----------------------------------------------------------------Part I: Systems supported by the Oracle client software ----------------------------------------------------------------You can install the ODBC client software on any of the following systems: o o o o Windows Windows Windows Windows XP 2000 NT X86 98

The Oracle ODBC Driver provides support for ODBC connections from Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows 98 systems to Oracle databases. ----------------------------------------------------------------o Part II: Oracle ODBC Driver software. ----------------------------------------------------------------Refer to the following files for information about the Oracle ODBC Driver: LICENSE.TXT - Oracle ODBC Driver License Agreement. Read carefully before installing and/or using this product. Enclosed in your software distribution kit. - A compiled HTML file which is the primary reference manual for the Oracle ODBC Driver.

SQORA.CHM

ODBCRelnotesUS.htm - The release notes for the Oracle ODBC Driver which contains information which may have not been

included in the Help file. Installation Prerequisites See the Oracle ODBC Driver release notes (ODBCRelnotesUS.htm), for a complete list of software products required and their versions. Time Required The installation of the Oracle ODBC Driver takes approximately 5 minutes. The actual time may be shorter or longer, depending upon your hardware configuration. Disk Space Required The Oracle ODBC driver installation requires approximately 2 megabytes of available storage space. The space required depends upon what files you already have installed. The installation procedure checks to see if you have enough available disk space. If you do not, the installation fails. ----------------------------------------------------------------Part III: Exploding the Kit onto your system ----------------------------------------------------------------Expand the self-extracting archive file onto your hard drive. C:\> ORA9205.EXE ----------------------------------------------------------------Part IV: Installation Instructions ----------------------------------------------------------------Oracle ODBC Driver 9.2.0.5.0 This section assumes the following: 1. MS Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT or Windows 98 is running. 2. Oracle Universal Installer shipping with 9.2.0.1.0 has already been installed on your system. 3. Part III has been completed. Software fixes: Refer to release notes (ODBCRelnotesUS.htm) for a complete list of Software fixes. Installation Instructions Once the self-extracting archive file ORA9205.EXE has been exploded it will create an installable directory structure onto your hard drive. Run the Oracle Universal Installer from your local drive. 1. On the screen "File Locations" use the "Browse" button of the source path to choose the file 'products.jar' from the

folder that ORA9204.EXE was extracted to. Choose 'Next'. 2. You will receive this product are is OK. The ODBC installed on the a warning that some of the dependencies of not found in the staging area. This warning driver depends on the Net Client being already system. Answer 'Yes' to continue.

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