Sean Davis wrote:
> I am new to the list, so if I am in the wrong place, feel free to direct me
> elsewhere.
>
> I am trying to connect to an Oracle installation on a remote machine. I have
> installed the oracle instant client on my machine (linux x84_64) and can
> connect via Oracle's sqlplus client to the remote machine.
>
> So, my question is what are the working options for connecting from python
> when I do not have an entire installation in place but only instantclient?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
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Sean,
If you can connect using SQL*Plus then you can connect with a Python
DB-API 2.0 module such as cx_Oracle [1] because they use the same
connection mechanism. Just use the same connection string.
e.g. if you use
$ sqlplus scott/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
at the command line then in Python you can just do something like;
>>> import cx_Oracle
>>> remote_db = cx_Oracle.connect('scott/[EMAIL PROTECTED]')
I'd have a look at the documentation of whichever module you choose to
find out how to get the best out of it though.
[1] http://www.python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Oracle/
Regards,
Andy
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