Audience Manager database client support history
The Content Manager-side of Audience Manager has a number of changed database client prerequisites over different releases of SDL Tridion Sites.
SDL Tridion Sites 9.5 Audience Manager Content Manager-side has a number of changed database client prerequisites compared to the following versions: SDL Web 8.5, SDL Tridion Sites 9 or SDL Tridion Sites 9.1. Specifically, in SDL Web 8.5 or SDL Tridion Sites 9, Audience Manager had the same Content Manager-side database client prerequisites as Content Manager server, but as of SDL Tridion Sites 9.5, Audience Manager requires you to install database client software for Oracle databases, while Content Manager server no longer requires you to install any database client software.
The following table summarizes support for database clients, where:
- N=not supported
- Y=supported
- D=Deprecated (support may be dropped in the following version release)
- Dr=Dropped (support is definitely dropped in the following version release)
| Database client | 8.5 | 9 | 9.1 | 9.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle ODAC 12.1.0.1 | Y | N | N | N |
| Oracle ODAC 12.2.0.1 | Y | Y | N | N |
| Oracle ODAC 18.3 | N | N | Y | N |
| Oracle ODAC 19.3 | N | N | N | Y |