[Zope] Zope and Databases

[Matthew T. Kromer]

Richard Hewison wrote:

>On 25 Feb 2002, at 12:22, Matthew T. Kromer wrote:
>
>>Hello Richard,
>>
>>DCOracle2 requires that you have the Oracle client libraries installed on
>>your computer.  You may download from Oracle corporation the ISO images
>>necessary to do an install of the client libraries, see
>>http://technet.oracle.com.  Currently, the Oracle 9i ISO set is three
>>volumes, so I hope you have a good connection.
>>
>>I cannot redistribute Oracle's client libraries; you must obtain them from
>>an authorized Oracle source.
>>
>
>Okay, so we do have to install Oracle on the Linux server. We were 
>hoping that we wouldn't have to. Our Zope server's a bit on the 
>crappy side and doesn't have that much space left on it.
>
>>Once you have the Oracle client libraries installed you may connect to
>>your remote database server on your Sun system.
>>
>
>Sorry for the newbie type question, but what exactly should we be 
>looking for on the technet.oracle site? Oracle client libraries for 
>Linux don't seem to yield any results.
>

You have to get either the Oracle 8.1.7.0.1 ISO image (1 CD image) or 
the Oracle 9i ISO images (3 CD images).

Unless you're really in to Oracle, I recommend you investigating the 
alternatives; I think the minimal client install is going to chew up a 
LOT of disk space, and on Oracle 8i, the developer install may NOT 
include the necessary header files you need to rebuild DCOracle2.

Note that while I like Oracle, I dont recommend you approach it lightly; 
if you haven't the time/space commitment available then a proxy solution 
is the better approach for you.

-- 
Matt Kromer
Zope Corporation  http://www.zope.com/