Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Command Syntax
• Accessing Documentation
• Related Documentation
• Typographic Conventions

1 Overview of Oracle Database Client Installation

• 1.1 Planning Your Installation
• 1.2 Installation Considerations
• 1.3 Oracle Database Client Installation Types
• 1.4 Oracle Database Client and Oracle Database Interoperability
• 1.5 Simplified Patching of Timestamp with Time Zone Data Type

2 Oracle Database Client Preinstallation Tasks

• 2.1 Logging In to the System as root
• 2.2 Checking the Hardware Requirements
  • 2.2.1 Memory Requirements
  • 2.2.2 System Architecture
  • 2.2.3 Disk Space Requirements
  • 2.2.4 Display Requirements
  • 2.2.5 Recommended Hardware Requirement for SQL Developers
• 2.3 Checking the Software Requirements
  • 2.3.1 Instant Client Light Requirements

3 Installing and Removing Oracle Database Client

• 3.1 Downloading and Installing the Oracle Database Client Software
• 3.2 Removing the Oracle Database Client Software

4 Oracle Database Client Postinstallation Tasks

• 4.1 Required Postinstallation Tasks
  • 4.1.1 Updating Instant Client
  • 4.1.2 Connecting with Instant Client
• 4.2 Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
  • 4.2.1 Connecting Instant Client or Instant Client Light to an Oracle Database
    • 4.2.1.1 Specifying a Connection by Using the Easy Connect Naming Method
    • 4.2.1.2 Specifying a Connection Using an Empty Connect String and TWO_TASK
  • 4.2.2 Setting the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
• 4.3 Required Product-Specific Postinstallation Tasks
  • 4.3.1 Configuring Oracle Precompilers
    • 4.3.1.1 Configuring Pro*C/C++

Index