Uploading Oracle Instant Client to BucketFS fails

Details

Detail name Value
Changelog Number 15605
Type Bug
Status Resolved
Affected Versions
Fix Versions Exasol 7.1.16, Exasol 8.9.0
Resolution Date 2022-11-24

Background

For installations without EXAOperation, you must upload the Oracle Instant Client to BucketFS to use it in IMPORT or EXPORT statements.

Description

Uploading the Oracle Instant Client to BucketFS using the http/https interface fails. Although the curl command succeeds, the archive is not properly extracted. Any attempts to use the Oracle Instant Client will return the following error message:

SQL Error [ETL-4]: Oracle instant client not available. Please ask your administrator to install it via EXAoperation.

Workaround

There is no workaround.

Fix

The Oracle Instant Client can be used after uploading to BucketFS.