SQLNet: necessary for ODBC remote access?

Hi,

If I am using ODBC within a programming language/tool such as VC++ (or any other tool that support ODBC database access), and the Oracle database to be accessed is located in a remote server, is it necessary or mandatory to use SQLNet?

Is it that SQLNet takes care of the network aspect of communication, while ODBC takes care of the database format aspect of the protocol? Which means that SQLNet is absolutely and always necessary for your client application to access a remote Oracle database regardless of what database API one uses? If this is indeed the case, then remote DB access is defined and limited by the features of SQLNet. Does SQLNet support database access through the Internet?

Thanks

Jerwynn

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