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Using the Oracle node driver on Windows

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I have a pretty fresh installation of Windows, and I wanted to get going with the Node driver on that system. I know from memory it requires the Oracle client, so the first thing I do is go and install the Oracle instant client. So, I head over to:  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/winx64soft-089540.html And what I normally stick to is three packages: Basic (Light) SQL*Plus SDK With those downloaded I then unzip them all - as long as you downloaded to the same directory, each should hopefully unzip into a single folder: instantclient_12_2 (depending on the version you grabbed, of course). After I unzip all those, I moved the instantclient folder to a more convenient location. So, I just place it at: C:\instantclient_12_2 The next step after that is to set up some environment variables. First, you will want to update your path so that `sql*plus` is on it. So, add a new entry on your path pointing to: C:\instantclient_12_2 Usually, you will want to set your ORACL