![]() ![]() Instant clients are really helpful when you don't need to install all the utilities and drivers of a full client. What saved me a lot of time in testing and figuring this out was installing different versions of the Oracle instant client rather than having to install the full client for each test. It took a lot of trial and error until I realized it was because I was using an Oracle 19c client to connect to an Oracle 11g database-and they are not compatible. I hope everyone enjoys his/her TOAD on Windows 7.I was having a hard time trying to connect to one of my test databases. ![]() You might, however, find some difficulties trying to use certain functionalities because you didn't install the Client (because you chose to save hundreds of megs right). How many MB would that waste? Hundreds of megs, right? So what difference does it make whether you actually install the Client software or just have it unzipped on disk? None, regarding the space. In order to use it (the way person who wrote that article says), you have to unzip it. The same Instant Client ZIP file occupies 463.956 KB on disk. "Waste hundreds of megs"? No kidding! Instant Client (10.2.0.1.0) needs 498 MB. "Install everything"? Oracle Universal Installer suggests several options, such as Instant Client, Runtime, and - oh, guess what? - Custom installation which enables you to choose individual components to install. Quote: Did you ever get frustrated when you want to connect with your oracle database, but you have to install everything from oracle client software cd and waste for hundreds megs only to get connect with your database? ![]() No major objections, but one: the first sentence: I read contents of the page you suggested. "Run From Server"="res:US,prodmsg:US,script:US,dll:US" "ORACLE_GROUP_NAME"="Oracle - DEFAULT_HOME1" "inst_loc"="C:\\Program Files\\Oracle\\Inventory" ![]()
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