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29<topic id="textsharedexplorerdatabasedabawiz02oraclexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Oracle Database Connection</title>
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34<created date="2004-07-28T16:07:28">UFI: Database Wizard Oracle page</created>
35<lastedited date="2006-08-29T08:45:45">DEDR: Reviewed</lastedited>
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39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5900753"><bookmark_value>Oracle databases (base)</bookmark_value>
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41<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105A4" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW">Oracle Database Connection</paragraph>
42<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>
43<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105BD" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Oracle database</paragraph>
44<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>
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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 &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>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/content.html</paragraph>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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