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To access the database from Windows, you need an ODBC driver.</paragraph> 45<switch select="sys"> 46<case select="UNIX"> 47<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 <Oracle client>/product/jdbc/lib/classes111.zip directory. You can also download the latest version of the driver from the Oracle web site:</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/content.html</paragraph> 49</case> 50</switch> 51<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> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105F1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For an Oracle database, the syntax of the URL is:</paragraph> 53<paragraph role="example" id="par_idN105F4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">oracle:thin:@hostname:port:database_name</paragraph> 54<list type="unordered"> 55<listitem> 56<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> 57</listitem> 58<listitem> 59<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> 60</listitem> 61<listitem> 62<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> 63</listitem> 64</list> 65<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_ORACLE_ET_ORACLEHOSTSERVER" id="bm_id6442152" localize="false"/> 66<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10608" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Name of the Oracle database</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1060C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the name of the Oracle database.</ahelp></paragraph> 68<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_ORACLE_ET_ORACLECLASS" id="bm_id7636036" localize="false"/> 69<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1060F" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Server URL</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10613" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the URL for the database server. </ahelp></paragraph> 71<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_PAGE_DBWIZARD_ORACLE_ET_ORACLEPORT" id="bm_id7325357" localize="false"/> 72<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10616" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Port number</paragraph> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Enter the port number for the database server.</ahelp></paragraph> 74<!-- removed HID 852231276 --> 75<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061D" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Oracle JDBC Driver Class</paragraph> 76<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> 77<!-- removed HID 852234832 --> 78<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10630" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Test Class</paragraph> 79<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10634" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Tests the connection with the current settings.</ahelp></paragraph> 80<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10637" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz03auth.xhp">Authentication</link></paragraph> 81<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link></paragraph> 82</body> 83</helpdocument> 84