ODBC Driver for Oracle User's Guide

Important

This feature will be removed in a future version of Windows. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. Instead, use the ODBC driver provided by Oracle.

The ODBC Driver for Oracle User's Guide is intended to complement the setup help that can be accessed through the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

This section contains the following topics.

• Driver Version Scheme

• Installing the Software

• Oracle Software Patches

• Adding and Modifying Data Sources Using Setup

• Testing the ODBC Connection

• Configuring the ODBC Driver for Oracle

• Connecting to a Data Source

• Determining Installed Oracle Components

• Setting the Date Format on Connection