Re: Oracle-(server) and Macintosh

The are two methods I know of. A Mac specific Oracle client or Java/JDBC. Unfortunately, the Oracle client for a Mac is still Oracle v7. You can use SQL*Plus from the Mac to talk to an Oracle DB via SQL*Net and TCP/IP, but because the client is v7 there are some restrictions on the v8 features that can be used. The Java aprroach is the use the thin JDBC driver to connect to the DB, again via TCP/IP.

What desktop software would you be wanting to use? Is it Java, or does it have a Mac version available?

Geert Kindt wrote:

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> Dear Mr., Mrs.,
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> Via several PC's, we consult different Oracle-databases on a NT-server.
> We also have several Apple Macintoshes. Is it possible to connect to
> this Oracle-databases on this NT-server via (Oracle)-software ?
> If yes, which (Oracle-)database ?
> I know the information on
> http://www.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/99-Nov/69prod.html#AP
> but we don't have yet Apple OS X.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Geert Kindt, Belgium, Europe
  Received on Wed Feb 07 2001 - 01:53:56 CST