I installed Oracle 9206 on winXP. But our developers claim that I did not
install OleDB. I thought if I install oracle database software, OleDB
should already be installed.

I run the Universal installer and look under "installed product", there are
so so so so many installed product trees, where should I be looking for
OleDB?

Thanks for your help.

joe bayer wrote:
> I installed Oracle 9206 on winXP. But our developers claim that I did not
> install OleDB. I thought if I install oracle database software, OleDB
> should already be installed.
>
> I run the Universal installer and look under "installed product", there are
> so so so so many installed product trees, where should I be looking for
> OleDB?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
Your developers are likely one step ahead of you - they probably got a
message stating 'Provider not installed'. There are two possible reasons
for this.

1. It isn't installed - you'll find it listed under Windows interfaces
in the installer tree for the 9i client.

2. It isn't accessible - the users accessing the application need
read/execute rights to the 9i client oracle_home directory (usually
c:\oracle\ora92. Authenticated users get this, anonymous users don't.


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