Sean Davis wrote: > On Wednesday 10 January 2007 02:31, Andy Todd wrote: >> 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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig >> 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/ > > Thanks, Andy. This is indeed the route I have gone and it works like a > charm. > Just an aside, I learned that one must install the SDK from oracle, a > requirement above-and-beyond the standard SQL*Plus, which will work fine > without the SDK. A minor point, but it was cause for a bit of confusion for > me. > > Sean > _______________________________________________ > DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig
Sean, Is there a documented source for the information about installing the SDK? And which components does it contain? As far as I'm aware, although I haven't tested this myself yet so I stand ready to be corrected, you should only need the instant client and a Python/Oracle DB-API 2.0 module to connect to a database. 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
