System Requirements

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle requires a system running:

The Microsoft® Windows® 95/98 operating system on Intel computers
– or –

The Microsoft Windows NT® (version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later) operating system on an Intel or Alpha computer, or Windows 2000 operating system on an Intel computer. (Neither Windows 2000 nor MDAC 2.5 is supported on Alpha computers.)
Oracle client software (appropriately installed and configured) version 7.3.3.4.0 or later, or for Oracle8, version 8.0.4.1.1c.
Note Oracle8 has limited support: Not all data types in Oracle8 are supported, and the Object extensions to Oracle8 are not supported. For more information about supported data types, see "Supported Data Types" in this documentation. Version 8.0.4.1.1c is recommended to overcome some known limitations. For more information about these limitations, see "Limitations of the OLE DB Provider for Oracle" in this documentation.
An operational Oracle server running in your enterprise.

Oracle products are available from the Oracle Corporation.

Consumer Development

A C or C++ compiler supporting OLE/COM component construction is required to develop a consumer.