Connecting with Oracle 8

In Scriptcase, we have the following drivers available for connections with Oracle: Oracle PDO, Oracle 8.0.5 or Higher, Oracle ODBC and Oracle 8. If you are using your own pre-configured environment, Oracle extensions must be manually enabled in PHP.

IMPORTANT: If you are using the automatic installer, the extensions are already configured in PHP, ready to connect if you have enabled them in the installation process. If you have not enabled them, see below how to enable them.

Configuring Oracle 8 on Linux (Automatic installation)

The automatic installation of Scriptcase already comes with the Oracle drivers pre-configured, with only the instant_client to be configured to make the connection. Follow the steps described below to enable connection drivers.

1 - Download the Oracle Instant Client 12.1.0.2 by clicking here.

2 - After downloading, extract the file and copy the folder instantclient into the directory: /opt/Scriptcase/v9-php81/components/drivers/

3 - Restart the Apache sudo service apachesc9php81 restart

Creating a Connection in Scriptcase

See below how to create a connection in your Scriptcase project, using the previously enabled Driver and the Oracle database.

1 - Access any project from your Scriptcase.

2 - Click on the New Connection icon to create a connection.

or access the Database > New Connection menu tab.

After that, a new page will appear with all database connections.

3 - Select the Oracle connection.

Connection

Enter the parameters for connecting to your Oracle database as follows:

• Connection Name: Define the name of your new connection. By default, Scriptcase adds the prefix conn along with the database name.

• DBMS Driver: Select the Oracle Driver used to connect. In this example, we use the Oracle 8 Driver.

• Server/Host (Name or IP): Enter the IP or domain of the server where the database is installed along with Service Name.
  • E.g. serverdomain.com/XE or 192.168.254.170/XE
  • For more information about Oracle’s Service Name, click here.
    
    
• Schema: Inform the Scheme of specific tables created for the use of the informed user.
  • This item is optional if you do not have a schema configured in your database.
    
    
• Username: Inform the user to authenticate the connection to your Oracle database.
  • For Oracle connections, the user must be capitalized, as in the example.
    
    

• Password: Enter the password to complete the authentication process.

• Test Connection: Click on this button to get a response from the Scriptcase request to find out if the parameters entered are correct.

Filter

Accessing this tab, you can configure which Database items will be displayed on the connection, depending or not on the owner.

Show

It allows the Oracle connection to see tables, views, system tables and procedures depending on the items selected by the user. By default, the items Tables and Views are already selected by Scriptcase.

• Tables: By selecting this option, the tables in your database will be displayed.
  • By default, Scriptcase enables this option.
    
    
• Views: By selecting this option, the views of your database will be displayed.
  • By default, Scriptcase enables this option.
    
    

• System Tables: By selecting this option, the system tables of your database will be displayed.

• Procedures: By selecting this option, the procedures of your database will be displayed.

Searches

Allows you to define which tables and owners are displayed.

• Tables: You can define in this option which tables will be displayed. The configuration can contain a PREFIX% or name of the tables to display.
  • By default, Scriptcase leaves this option empty.
  • E.g.
    
    

  

• Owner: Inform the user who sees the tables entered for display.
  • The user must be in capital letters as in the example above.
    
    
• Show: Choose whether tables for the informed owner are displayed.

NOTE: By using table filtering, you eliminate unnecessary tables for your project and improves the performance of your Oracle database connection.

Advanced

In this tab, you have access to specific settings for the connection. The changes made in this session impact the data display and application performance.

• client_encoding: Select the encoding used in your database. In the example above, we use the client_encoding UTF-8.
  • By default, this option is left blank by Scriptcase.
    
    
• Decimal Separator: Select the type of separator for decimal records, between comma and period.
  • By default, the period . is selected as a separator.
    
    
• Persistent Connection: Define whether the connections will be closed after the execution of your scripts in Scriptcase applications.
  • By default, Scriptcase disables this option.
    
    
• Use the schema before table name: Define whether the database schema is displayed before the table names.

  • By default, Scriptcase enables this option.

  • E.g.

  

Doubts or Connection Problems?

Contact our Support Team in case of connection problems or questions regarding this database.