[Mapserver-users] Oracle DB Connection - Client Required?

Bart van den Eijnden bartvde@xs4all.nl
Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:29:41 +0200


Hi Shannon,

I think the best option is the install the complete Oracle client.

Mapserver uses the OCI library to interface with Oracle. So if you know 
exactly which things to copy just go ahead with that plan.

Best regards,
Bart

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:36:14 -0400, Shannon Scott <sscott@gwi.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> I am setting up a new webserver, and would like to use MN Mapserver to 
> render some Oralce Spatial data from an Oracle DB on a separate machine.  
> I have done this before, but I had the Oracle client installed on that 
> webserver.
> Do I need to install the Oracle client on the webserver for Mapserver to 
> communicate with the server, or can I just grab the correct .so and set 
> ORACLE_HOME?
> I couldn't find this in the archives.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thank You.
> Shannon
>
>



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