Oracle ODBC Client and Driver Installation (Readme.

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This file contains installation instructions for installing the
Oracle ODBC Driver software.
It is divided into five parts:
o Part I: Summary of systems supported by Oracle ODBC client
software
Lists the platforms on which the Oracle ODBC Client software can
be installed.
o Part II: Oracle ODBC Driver software.
Describes the files, and installation prerequisites for the Oracle
ODBC driver software.
o Part III: Exploding the kit onto your system
Describes how to explode the kit onto your system hard drive.
o Part IV: Installation Instructions
Describes how to install the Oracle ODBC driver.
o Part V: Software Problems Fixed
Lists the brief description about bugs fixed.
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Part I: Systems supported by the Oracle client software
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The Oracle ODBC Driver provides support for ODBC connections
from Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98, Red Hat Linux 3.0
Solaris 5.8, AIX 5.2 systems to Oracle databases.
You can install the ODBC client software on any of the following systems:
o Windows XP
o Windows Server 2003
o Windows 2000
o Windows NT X86
o Windows 98
o Windows Vista
o Red Hat Linux 3.0 (x86-32bit)
o Solaris 5.8 (Sparc 32-bit and 64-bit)
o AIX 5L, Version-5.2

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o Part II: Oracle ODBC Driver software.
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Refer to the following files for information about the Oracle ODBC Driver:
 LICENSE.TXT - Oracle ODBC Driver License Agreement. Read carefully
before installing and/or using this product. Enclosed
in your software distribution kit.
SQORA.CHM - A compiled HTML file which is the primary reference
manual for the Oracle ODBC Driver supplied on Windows
platform only.
ODBCRelnotesUS.htm - The release notes for the Oracle ODBC Driver
which contains information which may have not been
included in the Help file.
Installation Prerequisites
See the Oracle ODBC Driver release notes (ODBCRelnotesUS.htm),
for a complete list of software products required and their versions.
Time Required
The installation of the Oracle ODBC Driver takes approximately 5
minutes. The actual time may be shorter or longer, depending upon
your hardware configuration.
Disk Space Required
The Oracle ODBC driver installation requires approximately 2
megabytes of available storage space. The space required depends upon
what files you already have installed. The installation procedure
checks to see if you have enough available disk space. If you do not,
the installation fails.
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Part III: Exploding the Kit onto your system
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For Windows:
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Expand the self-extracting archive file onto your hard drive.
C:\> ORA11106.EXE
For Unix System:
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Please follow the instructions sent along with the patch.
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Part IV: Installation Instructions
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Oracle ODBC Driver 11.1.0.6.0
This section assumes the following:
1. Oracle Universal Installer shipping with 11.1.0.1.0 has already been
installed on your system.
2. Part III has been completed.

Installation Instructions
 Once the self-extracting archive file (eg. ORA11106.EXE) has been
exploded it will create an installable directory structure
onto your hard drive. Run the Oracle Universal Installer from
your local drive.
1. On the screen "File Locations" use the "Browse" button of
the source path to choose the file 'products.xml' from the
folder where the patch was extracted. Choose 'Next'.
2. You will receive a warning that some of the dependencies of
this product are not found in the staging area. This warning
is OK. The ODBC driver depends on the Net Client being already
installed on the system. Answer 'Yes' to continue.
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Part V: Software Problems Fixed
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Version 11.1.0.1.0
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Note: Most of the fixes are generic in nature though may be discovered on a part
icular platform.
There could be small number of platform specific fixes as well.
o ODBC Driver used to report ora-1036 when calling function using Schema.Fu
nction name. (Bug5406681).
o ODBC Driver used to do improper round off for Double data if connecting t
o 10GB database. (Bug5389003).
o ODBC driver used to fail in updating output parameter of stored procedure
incase
it contains large CLOB parameter as input parameter.(Bug5365475).
o ODBC driver used to truncate CLOB data in case of UNICODE characterset of
client. (Bug5220440).
o ODBC driver used to return old data on requering the data for Read Only c
onnection . (Bug5202103).
o ODBC driver used to report ora-1008, when MFC application requeries the d
atabase. (Bug5147229).
o ODBC driver used to return wrong value on Fetching a NUMBER Value Which i
s converted to
SQL_C_CHAR. (Bug5128512).
o ODBC driver used to return wrong information for few column types. (Bug50
15342).
o ODBC driver used to report ORA-12704 on second invocation of SQLExecute()
for
NCLOB columns. (Bug4965677).
o ODBC Driver used to report crash on exit of ADO/Excel application. (Bug48
93583).
o ODBC Driver used to return 0 as the Datatype on Calling SQLBindCol() afte
r SQLColumns().
This problem appears only on solaris platform but the fix is generic. (Bu
g4880062).
o ODBC Administrator used to show ODBC entries even after uninstalling the
ODBC. (Bug4761792).
o ODBC driver used to truncate the data retrieved with SQLFetchScroll() cal
l. (Bug4735799).
o ODBC driver used to result in application crash while executing stored p
rocedure having
large number of parameters. (Bug4727495).
o DM from UNIXODBC.ORG reports error: Driver does not support SQLSETSTMTATT
R().
This is a port specific (Linux/Solaris) bug. (Bug4710548).
o ODBC driver used to report undefined symbol 'SLEEP' when failover happens
. (Bug4698310).
o ODBC Driver used to report crash on inserting NULL data using bind offset
s. (Bug4694220).
o ODBC Driver used to set the value corresponding to attribute SQL_ATTR_PAR
AMS_PROCESSED_PTR
improperly in case of stored procedure execution with array binds. (Bug46
90201).
o ODBC Driver used to report crash when returning an array of Varchars from
an stored procedure. (Bug4690147).
o ODBC Driver use to give in complete result set incase the stored procedur
e contains
REF CURSOR arguments. (Bug4624776).
o ODBC driver used to report error on executing stored procedure containing
REF CURSOR parameters. (Bug4622561).
o ODBC Driver used to take more time for fetching data from a NUMBER column
containing FLOAT data. (Bug4608183).
o ODBC driver used to return Duplicate results for SQLProcedures() API. (Bu
g4565416).
o ODBC Driver used to report memory leak for stored procedure containing RE
F cursors. (Bug4551675).
o ODBC Driver used to return ora-1406 when selecting calculated number with
large
precision from view. (Bug4546618).
o ODBC driver used to report crash for executing queries in multithreaded a
pplication. (Bug4519067).
o ODBC administrator used to invoke English ODBC help in Japanese environme
nt. (Bug4506552).
 o ODBC driver used to report error "Input string too long, limit 4096",
when the long string contains CRLF code in the starting (Bug4371966).
o ODBC administrator used to get failed while opening help file under Insta
nt Client environment. (Bug4309867).
o ODBC Driver used to return wrong data for stored procedures having NCLOB
as OUT Param. (Bug4235212).
o ODBC catalogue functions used to take more time to complete. (Bug4150034)
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