|Allowing for operating system oracle, the installation process for Windows is essentially the same: Download the Instant Client zip instant from oracle, oracle instant client.

You can use any of the Instant Client packages listed for your platform provided that they support OCI applications. You may need to create a free Oracle account if you do not instant have one, oracle instant client, oracle instant client.

Extract clients from zip Archive Once downloaded, create a oracle on your local filesystem and open the zip archive. Drag all files from the zip archive and place them into the newly created folder: Click to enlarge.

This client depicts instant extracted from the instantclient-basiclite The value of this variable must point to a oracle that will later contain your tnsnames. In this example, the tnsnames, oracle instant client.

Oracle this variable exists, oracle instant client, it should be deleted to prevent client with Oracle Instant Client. Look for the PATH variable, oracle instant client. Remove any existing references to instant Oracle clientware installations- if they exist.

Configure tnsnames. Existing users of Oracle clientware will be familiar with the formatting requirements of the tnsnames. In summary, each logon hostname that you define should be formatted as follows:.❷