Download the Instant client and place it in the root directory of the repo

Either from:

https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/nt/instantclient/213000/instantclient-basic-windows.x64-21.3.0.0.0.zip 

or:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C6qmyL_RlQifqJGV3bUd31v88EyEBN8R/view?usp=sharing

Unzip the Instant client

Please note that this is an example with using powershell.

Expand-Archive .\instantclient-basic-windows.x64-21.3.0.0.0.zip

The location of the client libraries will be found in .\instantclient-basic-windows.x64-21.3.0.0.0\instantclient_21_3\

PS C:\Users\kkerekovski\db_group_project\DBMSProject> ls -l .\instantclient-basic-windows.x64-21.3.0.0.0\instantclient_21_3\


    Directory: C:\Users\kkerekovski\db_group_project\DBMSProject\instantclient-basic-windows.x64-21.3.0.0.0\instantclient_21_3


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d-----          4/6/2022   8:48 AM                network
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM          32256 adrci.exe
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM          40424 adrci.sym
-a----         7/20/2020   8:01 AM           5903 BASIC_LICENSE
-a----         9/28/2021   7:09 AM           1738 BASIC_README
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM          76288 genezi.exe
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM          72768 genezi.sym
-a----         9/28/2021   7:00 AM         817152 oci.dll
-a----         9/28/2021   7:00 AM         792816 oci.sym
-a----         7/21/2021   4:56 PM         192000 ocijdbc21.dll
-a----         7/21/2021   4:56 PM          71424 ocijdbc21.sym
-a----         9/28/2021   6:11 AM         634368 ociw32.dll
-a----         9/28/2021   6:10 AM         127840 ociw32.sym
-a----         7/21/2021  10:06 AM        5053909 ojdbc8.jar
-a----         9/28/2021   5:52 AM          99840 oramysql.dll
-a----         9/28/2021   5:52 AM          71456 oramysql.sym
-a----          7/8/2021   5:02 PM        5123072 orannzsbb.dll
-a----          7/8/2021   5:02 PM        2109376 orannzsbb.sym
-a----         9/28/2021   5:03 AM        1095680 oraocci21.dll
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM        1181096 oraocci21.sym
-a----         9/28/2021   5:43 AM        1076736 oraocci21d.dll
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM        1048224 oraocci21d.sym
-a----         9/28/2021   7:06 AM      220298752 oraociei.dll
-a----         9/28/2021   7:06 AM       15387680 oraociei.sym
-a----         9/28/2021   6:52 AM         237568 orasql.dll
-a----         9/28/2021   6:52 AM          63624 orasql.sym
-a----         7/21/2021  10:31 AM        1790634 ucp.jar
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM          32256 uidrvci.exe
-a----         9/28/2021   7:08 AM          40424 uidrvci.sym
-a----         9/27/2021   7:44 AM          74603 xstreams.jar

Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv

Create an .env file in the root directory of the project

This .env file will be used by the module python-decouple to extract the necessary info to connect to oracle

Here's an example of what the file contents looks like. Ensure that your username and password reflect your own account.

the mydsn variable shouldn't be changed!!!

myuser = "kerekovskik"
mypw = "MYSUPER_SECRET_PASSWORD"
mydsn = "oracle.cise.ufl.edu:1521/orcl"

Activate the virtual environment

Depending on what environment you're working on, you will need to activate the environment differently. Furthermore, Pycharm and VSCODE have their own way of specifying a virtual environment.

• For Powershell

.\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

• For CMD

venv\Scripts\activate

Install flask, cx_oracle and python-decouple nto the virtual environment

python -m pip install -r .\requirements.txt

Test your oracle connection

You can easily test whether you can connect to oracle by running the oracleFuncs.py script as a standalone script.

Ensure that you're actually connected to the GatorLink VPN otherwise this will fail.

(venv) PS C:\Users\kkerekovski\db_group_project\DBMSProject> python .\oracleFuncs.py
Instant client NOT found in PATH variable... Attempting to set it manually
('it works',)