That sounds unusual that the Oracle DB admin thought that VB could only talk
to Oracle running on NT and then the bit about drive letters. Either the
Oracle admin and you are getting your signals crossed or the Oracle admin
doesn't understand basic client server operation.
"Kim A. Sommer" <kasommer_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:8njutr$ehc$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Hello,
>
> At my work we have an Ingres database for recording test and vendor
> supplied data for a particular product. I'm sort of the product
> overseer/manager/troubleshooter etc. Everything else about this and
> other products are kept in a larger (supported) database. We are
> looking to migrate. The supported DB is Oracle 7 on an HP (Unix)
> server.
>
> The older application has a front end for our technicians to input
> their test data. We know we have to build another client front-end but
> one of the engineers claims he's over half-way building a Visual Basic
> (I assume v6.0) client. One of the Oracle DB admins told me that VB
> can only access Oracle via an NT machine (damn drive letters).
>
> So the question after all that is: Can VB access an Oracle 7 DB on an
> HP unix server without any other software being added or interposed?
> (I'm pretty sure SAMBA would be shot down at this point if it is an
> option)
>
>
> Please respond via email to kasommer_at_kiva.net or
> sommer_kim_at_crane.navy.mil
>
>
> Best regards,
> Kim
>
>
>
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>
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Received on Tue Aug 22 2000 - 20:57:01 CDT
