Gerhard Häring wrote: > Andy Todd wrote: > >>[...] The Python db-api modules (such as cx_Oracle and DCOracle2) still >>require you to have the Oracle client software installed. >> >>Oracle do ship a class (III or is it IV?) pure Java JDBC driver which >>you can use from Jython. >> >>The only other way I'm aware of that you can connect to an Oracle >>database is via ODBC. mxODBC is the cream of the Python crop here. > > > The Oracle ODBC driver (be it from Microsoft or from Oracle) both need > an Oracle client installation, too. > > I've also once seen a third-party offering a commercial Oracle client > library with small footprint that does *not* depend on any client stuff > from Oracle corp. IIRC they had C and/or C++ bindings. But I don't know > the exact Google triggers for finding it ... > > -- Gerhard
Or you could just download the ODBC driver itself (which I presume comes bundled with the appropriate Oracle DLLs); http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/windows/odbc/index.html Personally, I'd bite the bullet and install the Oracle client and cx_Oracle, it's how I do all of my Oracle work. Regards, Andy -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the desk of Andrew J Todd esq - http://www.halfcooked.com/ _______________________________________________ DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig
