In article <8q5cp2$l52$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
david.archer_at_chase.com wrote:
> Basically yes there are - but it depends on what you are trying to do.
> What is it you are trying to do? Are you trying to access via some
> sort of development environment?
>
> David Archer
>
> In article <T7px5.973$5p6.1624117_at_nnrp4.proxad.net>,
> "Philippe CEROU" <philippe.cerou_at_free.fr> wrote:
> > My question is simple, I want to acces an Oracle 7.3.4 Database
which
is
> > running on an AIX 4.2.1 with a client which is mounted under WINDOWS
95.
> >
> > Is there another way to connect the database, by setting up the
server and
> > the client, to use something else than SQL*Net ?
> >
> > I have found an ODBC driver for Oracle, but I must use SQL*Net !
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
To access Oracle from a PC via ODBC drivers requires the Oracle Net8
(sqlnet) client be installed. In fact, all access to Oracle actually
requires use of parts of the Net8/sqlnet interface. Parts of sqlnet
come built-in to many Oracle clients and when you access Oracle from
the same machine using a local connection the listener product does not
have to be running, but TNS is still the underlying communication
medium interface. In other words sqlnet is still being used. When you
access Oracle from a remote machine then the listener is required and
the listener listens for Net8/sqlnet messages so there is no way around
using sqlnet.
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Received on Mon Sep 18 2000 - 12:12:55 CDT
