Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Related Documentation
  • Command Syntax
  • Typographic Conventions
• 1 Overview of Oracle Database Instant Client Installation
  • Planning Your Installation
  • Installation Considerations
  • Oracle Database Instant Client Installation Types
  • Oracle Database Instant Client and Oracle Database Interoperability
  • Simplified Patching of Timestamp with Time Zone Data Type
• 2 Oracle Database Instant Client Preinstallation Tasks
  • Checking the Hardware Requirements
    • Memory Requirements
    • System Architecture
    • Disk Space Requirements
  • Checking the Software Requirements
    • Instant Client Light Requirements
• 3 Installing and Removing Oracle Database Instant Client
  • Installing Non-Notarized Oracle Instant Client Software Using Zip Files
  • Installing Notarized Oracle Instant Client Software Using DMG Files
  • Removing the Oracle Database Instant Client Software
• 4 Oracle Database Instant Client Postinstallation Tasks
  • Using Oracle Database Instant Client
  • Required Product-Specific Postinstallation Tasks
    • Configuring Oracle Precompilers
      • Configuring Pro*C/C++
  • Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
    • Connecting Instant Client or Instant Client Light to an Oracle Database
      • Specifying a Connection by Using the Easy Connect Naming Method
      • Specifying a Connection Using an Empty Connect String and TWO_TASK
    • Setting the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
    • Updating Instant Client