Actually, it doesn't. You can install SQL*Developer which contains
Oracle JDBC driver and can connect to almost anything newer than Oracle
8i. You can also install Instant*Client which is completely free and
also includes both JDBC and ODBC clients. Instant client contains
SQL*Plus. You can also install various open source GUI stuff on top of
the instant client. Most notable open source, GUI tools on top of the
instant client are DBeaver-CE, SQLSquirrel, Eclipse, DBD::Oracle and
Tora. SQL*Developer and SQLcl are free but not open source. I assure you
that all of the above can run Oracle queries.
On 11/13/18 4:43 PM, Chris Taylor wrote:
In my companies case a running database requires installed binaries - which is a licensing concern.
