Update python-oracledb examples (#409)

Signed-off-by: Christopher Jones <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Gerald Venzl <[email protected]>

Author: cjbj

python/python-oracledb/README.md

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ build a container with the samples and a running Oracle Database.
 
 ### Notebooks
 
-The [sample_notebooks](./sample_notebooks) directory has Jupyter notebooks with
-runnable examples.
+The [notebooks](./notebooks) directory has Jupyter notebooks with runnable
+examples.
 
 ## About python-oracledb
 

python/python-oracledb/app_context.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Copyright (c) 2016, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2016, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 #
 # Portions Copyright 2007-2015, Anthony Tuininga. All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@
 import oracledb
 import sample_env
 
-# this script is currently only supported in python-oracledb thick mode
-oracledb.init_oracle_client(lib_dir=sample_env.get_oracle_client())
+# determine whether to use python-oracledb thin mode or thick mode
+if not sample_env.get_is_thin():
+    oracledb.init_oracle_client(lib_dir=sample_env.get_oracle_client())
 
 # client context attributes to be set
 APP_CTX_NAMESPACE = "CLIENTCONTEXT"