java thin client

JAVA Thin Client is used by some development / reporting tools to connect to multiple databases.

One such example is dbvisualizer.

The thin driver is useful as it allows users to connect to oracle databases without the requirement of any oracle client software to be installed on desktop / client etc.

Steps:

1. Download the oracle thin driver - http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/winsoft.html

2. Copy into software location or application may load load (and copy to correct location. DBVisualizer does this for you).

3. Create a connection string, something like - jdbc:oracle:thin:@servername:dbport:dbname

Once done, you should be able to connect.