If you use only the Java Thin Client, you can use just the ./jdbc/lib/classes*.zip and jetison the rest. You will need to do the client install to get these compiled for your machine. Tim Tim Pickard Systems Support Analyst and Administrator 40 Salem Street Lynnfield, MA 01940 p.781-295-0072 f.781-295-0077 tpickard@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of fred smith Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:27 PM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Connecting to a remote Oracle database On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:09:21PM -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > I need to be able to connect to the Oracle 9i database at work from my > Linux desktop at home. Is this possible to do without installing the > entire Oracle database software on my home computer? I'm running RH 8 > at home, and the remote database is Oracle 9i on Solaris 9. You'll need to install the oracle client software at home. I refer you to www.puschitz.com for a ton of info on doing such installations. > > -- > Slainte, > Richard S. Crawford > AIM: Buffalo2K / Y!: rscrawford / ICQ: 11640404 > Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com > http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com > "It is only with our heart that we can see clearly. What is essential > is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) ----------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list