Python Oracle Interace on Solaris

[Bill Scherer]

kenneth.s.chan at gmail.com wrote:

> I am trying to use Python to do queries on a Oracle database using a
> Solaris box. I have seen tools such as cx_Oracle which would be good
> except that my Solaris box does not have an Oracle installation. Do I
> need to have an Oracle installation on my Solaris box to access the
> Oracle database (which is on another machine)? Are there ways to access
> an Oracle database and do queries without having a local copy of Oracle
> installed? Thanks.
>
Not really. You need an Oracle client to talk to an Oracle database. But 
you don't need a full db installation... Try the instant client:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.html

Recent versions of cx_Oracle build with that just fine.

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