Re: Workstation Server - What is it?

Vic Thomas wrote:
>
> noname <notme_at_aol.com> wrote in article
> <5o9u9r$hqk$1_at_gryphon.phoenix.net>...
> > I have a client that wants me to build a 20,000 record database
> > for remote user access on a windows nt server. He was told that
> > he must have Oracle Workstation Server and that this package had
> > everything he needed to design the database, front-end for his
> > remote users, etc.
> >
> > When I scanned a few pages about the Workstation Server, it appeared
> > to me that this was a "database administrator" type of program and
> > not the tools that are needed to create and distribute runtime oracle
> > database applications.
> >
> > Can someone set me straight please...
> >
> > Reply here in this newsgroup or personal email. Thx.
> >
> > real email address is forbes at forbes dot net
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> >
>
> I would venture to guess that the client was told he should use "Workgoup
> Server" and not "Workstation Server"! I am by no means anywhere close to
> an Oracle expert, but I believe that the main difference between Oracle
> Workgroup Server and regular Oracle Server is that Workgroup Server is
> meant to be a more midrange sort of database, where Oracle Server is a
> full-fledged high-performance industrial-strength database engine.
>
> Again, I don't know much about all this, but I have played around with
> Workgroup Server a bit, and it definitely requires a DBA. I do know that
> Oracle has a large suite of tools for front-end work. Perhaps you should
> check Oracle's home page.
> --
> - Vic
> vic04_at_sprynet.com

And the Oracle home page (http://www.oracle.com) has 60-day trial versions of both Oracle Workgroup Server and the Developer/2000 product that you'd probably want to use to develop the front-end stuff. Received on Thu Jun 19 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT