Why is "jdbc:oracle:thin" called a thin driver?

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Harish - 30 Jul 2003 16:47 GMT

Hi,
Why is "jdbc:oracle:thin" called a thin driver?

Thanks in advance,
Harish.

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Thomas Kellerer - 30 Jul 2003 17:54 GMT

Harish schrieb:

> Hi,
> Why is "jdbc:oracle:thin" called a thin driver?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Harish.

Because it doesn't require the Oracle native libraries to be installed on
the client.

Thomas

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