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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Oracle ODBC Instant Client for Unix Readme</b> <br>
<b>Release 12.1</b><br>
<b>December, 2012</b></p>
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<h2><span style='color:#330099'>1 ODBC Instant Client for Unix</span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Oracle ODBC Instant Client
for Unix systems complies with ODBC 3.52 specifications. It is based on
features of Oracle 12.1 client, without the need for a
traditional ORACLE_HOME installation.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Note: See <i>Oracle Call Interface </i>Programmer's<i> Guide</i>
for information on OCI Instant Client. </p>
<h3><span style='color:#330099'>1.1 Installing ODBC Instant Client</span></h3>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'>Download the Basic Instant
Client and ODBC Instant Client packages from the <a
href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/instant-client/index-097480.html">Oracle Technology Network Instant Client page</a>. The two packages must be
unzipped into same directory. For example, <i>C:\Oracle\instantclient_12_1</i>.<br>
<br>
Basic Instant Client is a prerequisite for installing the ODBC Instant
Client.<br>
<br>
ODBC Instant Client package has the following files/ shared libraries</li>
</ul>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>File name</b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Description</b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>libsqora.so.12.1</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>ODBC Driver shared library </p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>sqora.htm</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Help file</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>ODBC_IC_Readme_Unix.html</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>ODBC Instant Client for Unix readme (this file)</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>odbc_update_ini.sh</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Script to update odbcinst.ini and odbc.ini files for ODBC
Instant Client. </p>
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo9;tab-stops:list .5in'>Make sure Basic Instant Client
is deployed before running the ODBC install script.</li>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l6 level1 lfo12;tab-stops:list .5in'>Unzip the ODBC Instant
Client package, then execute the odbc_update_ini.sh script with <u>Driver
Manager installed directory as a command line argument</u>. (For complete
syntax, please run "odbc_update_ini.sh" without any command line
argument.) </li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l6 level2 lfo12;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>For example, if
Driver Manager is installed in /home/DriverManager directory</li>
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<p class=MsoNormal>
$ odbc_update_ini.sh
/home/DriverManger</p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l9 level2 lfo15;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>It will add the DSN
entry in $HOME/.odbc.ini and <DriverManager_HOME>/etc/odbcinst.ini
with DSN name as OracleODBC-12c</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l7 level1 lfo18;tab-stops:list .5in'> After the installation
the environment needs to be configured in the following way.</li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level2 lfo18;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Add the directory to
the LD_LIBRARY_PATH system environment variable.</li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l7 level3 lfo18;tab-stops:list 1.5in'>Otherwise ODBC manager
will be not able to load/find the driver.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo21;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Define the TNS_ADMIN
environment variable to point the .ora files directory for OCI.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type=disc>
<ul type=circle>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo24;tab-stops:list 1.5in'>This must be set
for OCI to resolve the TNS name.</li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo24;tab-stops:list 1.5in'>If TNS_ADMIN is not
set, OCI will examine an operating system dependent set of directories
to find <i>tnsnames.ora</i>. This search path includes looking in the
directory $ORACLE_HOME/<i>network/admin/tnsnames.ora</i>. This is the
only reason to set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable for Oracle
Instant Client. If ORACLE_HOME is set when running Instant Client
applications, it must be set to a directory where Instant Client exists
(in this case <i>C:\Oracle\instantclient_12_1).</i>
If ORACLE_HOME is not set, then looks in current directory for
tnsnames.ora.</li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo24;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Set any Oracle
globalization variables required for your locale. See the <i>Oracle
Database Globalization Support Guide</i> for more information.</li>
<ul type=square>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo24;tab-stops:list 1.5in'>For example on Linux
to set NLS_LANG:</li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level4 lfo24;tab-stops:list 2.0in'>setenv NLS_LANG
JAPANESE_JAPAN.JA16EUC </li>
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<h3><span style='color:#330099'>1.2 Uninstalling ODBC Instant Client</span></h3>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l8 level1 lfo27;tab-stops:list .5in'>Update ~/.odbc.ini file:</li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo27;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Remove entry
"OracleODBC-12c" from [ODBC Data Sources]</li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
mso-list:l8 level2 lfo27;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Remove complete DSN
information for [OracleODBC-12c]</li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l8 level1 lfo27;tab-stops:list .5in'>Update
$DM_HOME/etc/odbcinst.ini file:</li>
<ul type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
mso-list:l8 level2 lfo27;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Remove driver information
for [OracleODBC-12c]</li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l8 level1 lfo27;tab-stops:list .5in'>Remove Oracle ODBC driver
for Unix Systems</li>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l8 level2 lfo27;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Delete
libsqora.so.12.1</li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
mso-list:l8 level2 lfo27;tab-stops:list 1.0in'>Delete odbc_update_ini.sh
file.</li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l8 level1 lfo27;tab-stops:list .5in'> Reset any environment
variables such as PATH and TNS_ADMIN.</li>
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<h3><span style='color:#330099'>1.3 Bugs Fixed</span></h3>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l3 level1 lfo30;tab-stops:list .5in'>Please refer to ODBC Release
Notes.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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