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  38 <topic id="textsharedexplorerdatabasedabawiz02oraclexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Oracle Database Connection</title>
  40 <filename>/text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz02oracle.xhp</filename>
  41 </topic>
  42 <history>
  43 <created date="2004-07-28T16:07:28">UFI: Database Wizard Oracle page</created>
  44 <lastedited date="2006-08-29T08:45:45">DEDR: Reviewed</lastedited>
  45 </history>
  46 </meta>
  47 <body>
  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5900753"><bookmark_value>Oracle databases (base)</bookmark_value>
  49 </bookmark><comment>mw added one index entry</comment>
  50 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105A4" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW">Oracle Database Connection</paragraph>
  51 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105A8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Specifies the options to access an Oracle database.</ahelp><comment>copied text from shared\explorer\database\11110000</comment></paragraph>
  52 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105BD" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Oracle database</paragraph>
  53 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can use a JDBC driver to access an Oracle database from Solaris or Linux. To access the database from Windows, you need an ODBC driver.</paragraph>
  54 <switch select="sys">
  55 <case select="UNIX">
  56 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">On UNIX, ensure that the Oracle database client is installed with JDBC support. The JDBC driver class for the Solaris Oracle client version 8.x is located in the &lt;Oracle client&gt;/product/jdbc/lib/classes111.zip directory. You can also download the latest version of the driver from the Oracle web site:</paragraph>
  57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/content.html</paragraph>
  58 </case>
  59 </switch>
  60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105EA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">In the <emph>Data source URL</emph> box, enter the location of the Oracle database server. The syntax of the URL depends on the database type. See the documentation that came with the JDBC driver for more information.</ahelp></paragraph>
  61 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105F1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For an Oracle database, the syntax of the URL is:</paragraph>
  62 <paragraph role="example" id="par_idN105F4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">oracle:thin:@hostname:port:database_name</paragraph>
  63 <list type="unordered">
  64 <listitem>
  65 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN105FD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">hostname is the name of the machine that runs the Oracle database. You can also replace hostname with the IP address of the server.</paragraph>
  66 </listitem>
  67 <listitem>
  68 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10601" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">port is the port where the Oracle database listens. Ask your database administrator for the correct port address.</paragraph>
  69 </listitem>
  70 <listitem>
  71 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10605" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">database_name is the name of the Oracle database. Ask your database administrator for the correct name.</paragraph>
  72 </listitem>
  73 </list>
  74 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_ORACLE_ET_ORACLEHOSTSERVER" id="bm_id6442152" localize="false"/>
  75 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10608" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Name of the Oracle database</paragraph>
  76 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1060C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the name of the Oracle database.</ahelp></paragraph>
  77 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_ORACLE_ET_ORACLECLASS" id="bm_id7636036" localize="false"/>
  78 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1060F" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Server URL</paragraph>
  79 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10613" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the URL for the database server. </ahelp></paragraph>
  80 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_ORACLE_ET_ORACLEPORT" id="bm_id7325357" localize="false"/>
  81 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10616" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Port number</paragraph>
  82 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the port number for the database server.</ahelp></paragraph>
  83 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/852231276" id="bm_id3172399" localize="false"/>
  84 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061D" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Oracle JDBC Driver Class</paragraph>
  85 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10621" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="HID_DSADMIN_DRIVERCLASS">Enter the name of the JDBC driver.</ahelp></paragraph>
  86 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/852234832" id="bm_id209051" localize="false"/>
  87 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10630" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Test Class</paragraph>
  88 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10634" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Tests the connection with the current settings.</ahelp></paragraph>
  89 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10637" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz03auth.xhp">Authentication</link></paragraph>
  90 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link></paragraph>
  91 </body>
  92 </helpdocument>