System Requirements for Oracle

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle requires:

  • One version of Oracle client software (appropriately installed and configured on each computer) version 7.3.3.4.0 or later, or version 8.1.7.4.1 or later. For Oracle8, client software version 8.0.4.1.1c is recommended to overcome some known limitations.

    Note

    Oracle8 has limited support with this provider: Not all data types in Oracle8 are supported, and the Object extensions to Oracle8 are not supported. For more information about supported data types, see Appendix A: Data Types for Oracle in this documentation.

  • An operational Oracle server running in your enterprise.

    Note

    Oracle networking components installed with an Oracle client, plus Oracle Release 7.3.4 or later (including Oracle8.x), are also required. Oracle products are available from the Oracle Corporation.