Re: Can the Oracle Workgroup Server do dblinks?

From: Philip Chee <philip_at_aleytys.pc.my>
Date: 1997/10/12
Message-ID: <876683630.3207snx@aleytys.pc.my>#1/1

In article <fYf2XBAhGQQ0Ewqb_at_pbrewer.demon.co.uk> paulb_at_pbrewer.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <876417204.3199snx_at_aleytys.pc.my>, Philip Chee
><philip_at_aleytys.pc.my> writes
 

>>The vendor says that we need the Oracle Enterprise Server to do dblinks
>>and that the Workgroup Server won't allow that. Since the WG server is
>>significantly cheaper, I'd like some feedback from people actually using
>>the Workgroup server.
 

>Definitely wrong.
>Oracle Workgroup Server does dblinks and we use them every day.
>Change to a different vendor.

Thanks to all who replied. Oracle customer support confirms this.

Now the story is that the vendor's application *requires* the enterprise server and won't run on the Workgroup server. As far as I know the only features missing from the WG version are the distributed and parallel options.

Comments?

Philip

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Received on Sun Oct 12 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT