Tips: Minimum install for Oracle

I'm working currently from my six year old laptop. I needed access to Oracle but I don't have much space, here's what I figure out.

Download Oracle Instant Client, which I found at:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html

To complete the install you'll need to register with Oracle (it's free), if you haven't already.

Unzip the files into c:\oracle, total size about 84 meg.

Modify your PATH environment variable to point to c:\ORACLE.

Add TNS_ADMIN environment variable to point to C:\ORACLE.

Create a text file called C:\ORACLE\SQLNET.ORA with the following contents:
NAMES.DEFAULT_DOMAIN = world
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS)
NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES, ONAMES, HOSTNAME)
Create (or copy from someplace) a text file called c:\ORACLE\TNSNAMES.ORA with contents like:
ABC123.WORLD=
(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS_LIST=
(ADDRESS=
(COMMUNITY= tcp.world)
(PROTOCOL= tcp)
(HOST= site.com)
(PORT= 1521)
)
)
(CONNECT_DATA= (SID= abc123))
)
Now, in my minimum install I'm going to use Python, so I'll need cx_Oracle.

Write a program like this (say select.py):
import cx_Oracle

aTSN = 'abc123'
user = 'scott'
password = 'tiger'
conn = cx_Oracle.connect(user, password, aTSN)

cur = conn.cursor()

cur.execute("SELECT * from MYTABLE")
for row in cur:
print row


From what I've gathered cx_Oracle uses the oci.dll which is found via the PATH environment variable. This dll looks at TNS_ADMIN and loads up the SQLNET.ORA file looking for NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH line, which basically says to use TNSNAMES. Then it knows to look for TNSNAMES.ORA in the same directory and parse that.
Piece of cake.

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Anonymous said…
...molte, molte, molte grazie.

Cosimo
11:12 am
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