# Installing files to make direct connections from a 9.2 SP 5 client to an ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabase

Files can be installed to allow the following ArcGIS 9.2 SP 5 or later release service pack clients to connect to an ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabase:

- ArcGIS Desktop
- ArcGIS Engine Runtime
- ArcReaderÔ
- ArcGIS Server (including the ArcSDE component)
- ArcIMS
- Custom ArcSDE C or Java clients

Note: Direct connections from 9.2 SP 5 or later clients to the following ArcSDE geodatabases are not supported:

- ArcSDE 9.3 for Oracle® 11g
- ArcSDE 9.3 for Informix®
- ArcSDE 9.3 for PostgreSQL
- ArcSDE 9.3 for IBM® DB2® z/OS

## How to install direct connect files

1. Download the ArcGIS 9.3 GDB Direct Connect for 9.2 Clients file from the ESRI support site.
2. Run the setup on the computer where the client is installed.
3. Depending on the operating system of the client machine, use either the setup.exe file (Windows) or the setup script (UNIX/Linux).

4. ##### Windows clients

   1. After downloading the setup, run the setup.exe. You must be a Windows administrator to install software on a Windows computer.

   2. Click Next to move on from the Welcome dialog box.

   3. Read and accept the license agreement. If you do not accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate. Click Next.

   4. The setup will search the computer for all possible client and ArcSDE component installations to determine where to install the files. Once it determines which applications are present, it returns a list of possible direct connect driver installations. In the following screen shot, the client machine has an ArcGIS installation, ArcSDE for Oracle, and the ArcSDE Java API software developers kit (SDK).

   5. Choose the client or clients from which you want to be able to directly connect to an ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabase. If you want to install the files for all the clients on that machine, leave all of them selected, as shown in the previous graphic.

      To install the files for only certain clients, click the clients for which you do not want to install the direct connect files and choose the Entire feature will be unavailable. In this example, only the files for the ArcSDE Java API client will be installed.

      Note: If you have ArcSDE for SQL Server installed, choosing SQL Server on the Select Features dialog box only applies to ArcSDE for SQL Server licensed through ArcGIS Server Enterprise and does not apply to ArcSDE for SQL Server Express. That is because the files for ArcSDE for SQL Server Express are included in your client installations. Direct connect drivers for that get installed when you choose to install the drivers for your client installation.

   6. Click Next to progress to the next dialog box, then click Next again to start the installation.
   7. When the files are successfully installed, click Finish on the final dialog box of the installation wizard.

   ##### UNIX/Linux clients

   1. After downloading the setup, change to the directory where you saved the setup.

   2. Run the setup script on the client machine. Be sure to run this as a user who has write permissions to the client installation directories.

      ./setup

   3. This will launch an InstallAnywhere setup. The setup will search the computer for all possible client and ArcSDE component installations. Once it determines which applications are present, it returns a list of possible direct connect driver installations.

   4. Choose the client or clients from which you want to be able to directly connect to an ArcSDE 9.3 geodatabase.

      The list of direct connection files available can include the following:

      - ArcGIS
      - CAPISDK
      - DB2
      - JavaSDK
      - Oracle
   5. After making your selections, click Next to begin the installation.