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I apologize for not responding sooner. Although it has been more time on this, if possible can you let me know why am I able to connect using only oci, what does that default to. Thanks again for your patience and for such great help
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I apologize for not responding sooner. Although it has been more time on this, if possible can you let me know why am I able to connect using only oci, what does that default to. Thanks again for your patience and for such great help

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depends on what you're doing, and what your oracle homes are and which home you're using, and what the sqlnet set up is in each home and if the oci drivers are installed and which are installed in each home.<br />
And what the error is you see when you try and fail.
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depends on what you're doing, and what your oracle homes are and which home you're using, and what the sqlnet set up is in each home and if the oci drivers are installed and which are installed in each home.
And what the error is you see when you try and fail.

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Great Helpful. Very thank ful
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Hello<br />
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I am some what confused on what is the difference between OCI and OCI8. I see in some URL the driver is OCI8 and in some OCI. <br />
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Thank you:)
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Hello

I am some what confused on what is the difference between OCI and OCI8. I see in some URL the driver is OCI8 and in some OCI. 

Thank you:)

ORACLE OCI driver

Oracle is an object-relational database management system. It supports a large number of languages and application development frameworks. Its primary languages are SQL, PL/SQL and Java, but it also includes support for C and C++. Oracle also has its own enterprise modules and application server software.