Meeting TOAD’s Database Connectivity Needs
TOAD must be able to communicate with your Oracle database. That means TOAD must be able to both connect and then work with your database whether it’s local (on PC) or remote (on server). This requires that the Oracle network client libraries exist on your PC for TOAD to call. Of course, Oracle in its infinite wisdom has renamed the client software and libraries as shown in Table 1.1.
| Version | Terminology | Client Library |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle 7 | SQL*Net | ORA7x.DLL |
| Oracle 8 | Net8 | ORACLIENT8.DLL |
| Oracle 8i | Net8 | ORACLIENT8.DLL |
| Oracle 9i | Oracle Net | ORACLIENT9.DLL |
| Oracle 9iR2 | Oracle Net | ORACLIENT9.DLL |
Furthermore, you must also verify that your PC’s environment variable for PATH includes the directory ...
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