Setting up a connection to Oracle

To make a connection from a client machine to an Oracle database, you must install the Oracle client application on the client machine. Be sure you install a release of the Oracle client application that is compatible with the release of the database to which you want to connect.

NoteNote:

If you are connecting from a 32-bit ArcGIS client, you must install a 32-bit Oracle client. This is true even if you install the ArcGIS client application on a computer with a 64-bit operating system (OS) and the database and server OS are 64-bit. If you are connecting from a 64-bit ArcGIS client, you must install a 64-bit Oracle client. If you are connecting from a 64-bit ArcGIS client, install a 64-bit Oracle client.

Obtain the Oracle Instant, Runtime, or Administrator client from Oracle. Install it on the client computer following the directions in your Oracle documentation.

If you use the Oracle Instant Client, set the environment variable of your operating system or user profile to include the path to and name of the directory where you placed or installed the Oracle Instant Client:

If your ArcGIS client was already running, restart it to recognize the new files and environment variable.

After you configure the Oracle client, test the connection by adding a database connection from ArcGIS for Desktop.

If you will be connecting to the database from a client application other than ArcGIS, you may also need to add an entry in the tnsnames.ora file (Oracle 10g) or extproc.ora file (Oracle 11g) to allow you to connect to the Oracle DBMS and set appropriate environment variables, such as ORAHOME and PATH. See your Oracle documentation for details.

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4/2/2015