You need the ODBC driver shipped with the client.

Here you can find the packages:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/htdocs/linuxsoft.html

Regards
Fabrizio

On 9/13/06, Paul Foerster <paul.foerster@(protected):
>
> Hi Fabrizio,
>
> > unixODBC is only a driver manager.
> > I need the oracle driver for the connection. You can download the ODBC
> > driver for oracle from OTN (search for the instant client).
> >
> > To have an idea of the configuration look at:
> > http://nextre.it/oracledocs/genericconnectivity.html
>
> ... hmmm, do I really need the client? I ask because the machine I
> want to test it on is a laptop running the Oracle server and the
> database. So, do I really need the instant client? That sounds a
> little weird to me.
> --
> cul8er
>
> Paul
> paul.foerster@(protected)
>
>
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