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Re: Accessing an Ardent database from Oracle.

From: Brian Speirs <xxxxxxx_at_attglobal.net>
Date: 2000/05/07
Message-ID: <39152721.10954898@news3.attglobal.net>#1/1

On Thu, 04 May 2000 14:15:32 -0400, Kenneth C Stahl <BlueSax_at_Unforgettable.com> wrote:

Try posting this question to the:

        comp.databases.pick newsgroup

Universe is an PICK-like database system, and it is likely that someone there will have experience with your situation.

Brian Speirs
bss59 at yahoo dot co dot nz

>We have a situation where we have two unix boxes with the first box
>containing the primary data for an application in an Oracle database.
>The second box has an Ardent (recently purchased by Informix) Universe
>database and we would like to access this data from our application.
>
>My first thought was to use an Oracle Transparent Gateway, but from what
>I've been able to determine there is no OTG for Universe databases. From
>what I can gather, however, there is a C language API which can be used
>and is apparently similar to OCI. What is not clear is whether we would
>be able to run such a program on the first machine or whether we would
>have to have some type of listener process running on the second box box
>and then write a program on the first box that would open a socket to
>the listener on the second box and pass requests/data back and forth.
>
>Does anyone here have any experience with Universe databases. Is there
>some easier way of doing this? Is it possible that an OTG will be
>available soon?
>
>Any help appreciated.
Received on Sun May 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT

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