title: Connecting to remote Oracle database using Oracle Client
body: <p>I have to connect to a remote Oracle database. Connection will only work with a VPN access to the remote network. I have already setup the VPN, and that is working. </p>
  
  <p>Remote team has passed TNS.ORA settings. I have hardly worked on configuring oracle and neither I am aware of the setup that I need to have on my machine. I just need to run few queries to test the data.</p>
  
  <p>Can somebody guide me on the setup and the configuration I need to have on my windows 7 to connect to a remote Oracle database ?.</p>
  
  <p>My first assumption was to download Oracle client. I downloaded Oracle Insta Client files, but I have no idea how to configure it to connect to a remote database. I couldn't even find any ORA file in the installed files of Insta client.</p>