Introduction to Oracle Instant Client
Free, lightweight and easy-to-install Oracle Database tools, libraries and SDKs for building and connecting applications to Oracle Database instances.
- Instant Client enables applications to connect to local or remote Oracle databases for development and production deployment.
- The Instant Client library provides the necessary network connectivity and basic and high-end data functions to take full advantage of the Oracle database.
- It is the basis for Oracle APIs for popular languages and environments, including Node.js, Python, and PHP, as well as providing access to OCI, OCCI, JDBC, ODBC, and Pro*C applications.
- Tools included in Instant Client such as SQL Plus and Oracle Data Pump provide fast and easy data access.
Instant Client download
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Including the following:
Instant client Package - Basic All the files needed to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC-OCI applications.
Instant client Package - Basic Lite: Contains only English error messages, only supports unicode, ascii, Western European character sets.
Instant client Package - JDBC Supplement adds xa, internationalization and RowSet operations to jdbc.
Instant Client Package - SQL *Plus contains sqlplus and required library files
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