Re: [cx-oracle-users] Minimum client requirements for cx_Oracle

[Anthony T. <ant...@gm...>]

I can definitely add something like that to the setup.py that comes
with cx_Oracle. If anyone on this list has done the same thing with
Windows and Cygwin I'd like to know the changes needed for those
platforms.

On 10/21/05, D.R.   Boxhoorn <da...@as...> wrote:
>
> Hoi Nik,
>
> You - and your customers - can use the Oracle Instant Client.
> See
>
>    http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/instantclient.=
html
>
> the "basic" and "sdk" parts of the OIC are sufficient for installing cx_O=
racle.
> You just have to change the setup.py a bit
>
>    50c50
>    <     includeDirs =3D ["rdbms/demo", "rdbms/public", "network/public",=
 "sdk/include"]
>    ---
>    >     includeDirs =3D ["rdbms/demo", "rdbms/public", "network/public"]
>    58c58
>    <     libDirs =3D [oracleHome, libPath]
>    ---
>    >     libDirs =3D [libPath]
>
>
> This just appends "sdk/include" to the include searchpath and prepends th=
e value
> of the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to the library searchpath.
> Hmmm, Anthony, maybe something like this should go into the distributed
> cx_Oracle setup.py as well.
>
> This is as "lightweight" as you can get, apart from creating your own
> cx_Oracle+Oracle libraries distribution.
>
> Hoping that this helps,
>
>                                                    Danny
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 10:42:02AM +0100, Nik Barron wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does cx_Oracle require a full Oracle client installation, or is there a=
 more
> > "lightweight" option?
> >
> > Currently this hasn't been an issue as our product requires the full cl=
ient
> > anyway, but the question's been raised by one of our support people as =
some
> > customers' IT departments don't like rolling out the Oracle client to a=
ll
> > users.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nick Barron
> >
> >
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