Re: DBD::Oracle build on aix 6.1 ( host is 64 bit db server )
"Peter J. Holzer" <[email protected]>
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On 2012-05-20 16:05:31 -0400, John Scoles wrote:
> Short answer no. I would not see any reason why you would need to
> install the instance client as well.
>
> In the long run it depends on what you are doing. If you are going to
> use perl for only loacal access then no need for the instanct cleint.
> If you want to use Perl for say connecting via a web server or alike
> using the instant client may be what you want.
Connect via a web server? How does that work?
Apart from that, I think the instant client is either just the same as
the "normal" client distributed with the RDBMS (just differently
packaged) or a subset. It is certainly possible to connect to a remote
database with the normal client.
IMHO there are two reasons why you may want to install instant client
even on a server where the RDBMS is already installed:
* It's nice to have the same client everywhere. It also allows you to
upgrade the server independently of the client (and vice versa).
* In a server installation the client parts (libraries, sqlplus, etc.)
are by default only accessible by the "dba" group. Your DBA may be
unwilling to change that.
hp
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