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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: Can OCI on SunOS query a table on Solaris?
On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:55:43 -0700, Rich Tsui <tsui_at_cbmi.upmc.edu> wrote:
>Hi oracle OCI gurus:
>
> It's me again. Thanks all replies regarding to my first oracle
>question.
>Here is my second one. I would like to create an OCI client code
>which is running on SunOS to query an oracle table on Solaris.
>We have SQL*NET V.2 running on Solaris. However we don't have
>oracle server running on SunOS. Well I don't even know how I can
>come up with an OCI code on SunOS since we only have Oracle for
>Solaris.
>
> Thus, is it possible that I can use OCI on SunOS to query a table on
>Solaris?
>If yes, does that mean I have to install oracle on my SunOS machine?
>OK even I install it, can SunOS oracle talk to Solaris oracle via
>TCP/IP?
>Any suggestion is welcome.
>
>Rich Tsui
>University of Pittsburgh
>
Yes you can run an OCI app on SunOS to query a database running SQL*Net on Solaris.
You will need the SunOS release of Oracle however for the SunOS machine as the difference (binary wise) between SunOS and Solaris is pretty large. Last I looked, at least 7.3.2.2 and below is available for SunOS.
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Bethesda MD
http://govt.us.oracle.com/ -- downloadable utilities
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