Need name of 32-bit Oracle client that contains ODAC

  • I typically install the Oracle 12.x client on our newly built SQL Servers (2012, 2014). Our Development Mgr identified a good point – we need to install the Oracle client that includes ODAC.

    I’ve located & installed the 64-bit version of the Oracle 12.x client which includes ODAC from here:

    -- 64-bit Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) Downloads: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/downloads/index-090165.html

    I’m confused on which 32-bit version of the Oracle 12.x client to download and install (Xcopy, NuGet, ODP.NET, etc ???) found on this page:

    -- 32-bit Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) and NuGet Downloads: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/downloads/utilsoft-087491.html

    QUES: Can anyone tell me which 32-bit Oracle Client w/ ODAC file I should be dowmloading from that page?

    thx in advance

    BT
  • Thus far, I've had the best luck using the XCopy client. It's a bare minimum, but make SURE you read the documentation before trying to load it. We need it for linked server connections to various Oracle RDBMSes and install only the OLEDB provider.

    (As a side note, this is also the client my fellow DBA, an Oracle DBA, recommended, so it's got that going for it)

  • Hi,

    if you Google "Oracle Data Access Components" you get exactly the link you need.

    Since I have been able to convince the developers that OLE-DB is a vast improvement over ODBC it is exactly the way I have been providing the connectivity Services for them....

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