Windows System Requirements
The Simba Oracle ODBC Driver supports Oracle versions 11g, 12c, 18c, and 19c, as well as autonomous data sources.
Install the connector on client machines where the application is installed. Before installing the connector, make sure that you have the following:
- Administrator rights on your machine.
- A machine that meets the following system requirements:
- One of the following operating systems:
- Windows 10 or 8.1
- Windows Server 2016 or 2012 R2
- 250 MB of available disk space; 2 GB of RAM
- One of the following operating systems:
Before the connector can be used, the following dependencies (with the same bitness as the connector) must also be installed. If you obtained the connector from the Simba website, then your installation of the connector automatically includes these dependencies. Otherwise, you must install these dependencies manually.
- Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 installed (with the same bitness as the connector that you are installing).You can download the installation packages at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
- Oracle Instant Client 19.3. These library files must be installed in the
\lib
subfolder in the connector's installation directory. For detailed instructions, see Installing the Oracle Instant Client.