- #ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION TNS SERVICE NAME INSTALL#
- #ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION TNS SERVICE NAME DOWNLOAD#
- #ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION TNS SERVICE NAME WINDOWS#
The tnsnames.ora file should look like this: MY_ORACLE_SOURCE = This file should be located in the directory in which your Oracle Database Instant Client is installed (for example, C:\Oracle). Next, you must create a tnsnames.ora configuration file for your Oracle Database Instant Client.
#ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION TNS SERVICE NAME WINDOWS#
The next steps are to ensure that the necessary Windows environment variables are defined.
#ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION TNS SERVICE NAME INSTALL#
This will install the ODBC driver on your system: Open a Command Prompt window, and set your current directory to be the instantclient_X_Y directory into which the unzipped files have been copied.The unzipped files will be copied into a subdirectory named instantclient_X_Y, where X and Y represent the version number of the Oracle Database Instant Client (for example, C:\Oracle\instantclient_11_1). Unzip the packages that you have downloaded.Place these packages in a folder or directory on your computer (such as C:\Oracle). You will need the Basic and ODBC Supplement packages.
#ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION TNS SERVICE NAME DOWNLOAD#
Download the Oracle Database Instant Client from the Oracle web site.To install the Oracle Database Instant Client: Configure a tnsnames.ora configuration file for your client.Set the TNS_ADMIN environment variable.Install the Oracle Database Instant Client and its ODBC driver on your system.To set up the Oracle Database Instant Client, you must: Version 10.2 of the Oracle Database Instant Client does not include all of the required DLL files. Warning! Be sure to use version 11.1 or later of the Oracle Database Instant Client.