Statically Compiled Oracle Client Drivers/Code

Question

Hello,

I'm looking to write a command-line program that can execute database scripts against an Oracle server, however the machine the program will be run on may not have an Oracle client installed on it. I also don't want to rely on a language that requires a VM as there's no guarantee that the VM will be installed, so a language like C is preferable for this. Is there a way that I can statically compile/build this program and not have to have the user install the Oracle client on that machine? I'm trying to be as unobtrusive as possible.

Thanks.

Answer 1

My first guess was to use JDBC (type 4 driver) since you do not want a VM based language, it is out of the question.

SO, I think you should take a look at instant client

http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html

(thanks to google)