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Re: Dial-up connections...

From: Billy Verreynne <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 12:04:58 +0200
Message-ID: <9of3gm$iq1$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net>


"Tejot" <tejot_at_wp.pl> wrote

> Do someone know issues of that kind of connecting to Oracle DB?

Dialup connections always mean having to deal with issues around limited bandwith. Not an Oracle problem per se. Stored procedures are usually a better option over "raw" SQL from client applications when dealing with bandwith issues.

> It's possible to connect to Oralce via dial-up and stationary telephony?

Yes. All you need is a TCP/IP connection from the client. Which is what dialup adapters and PPP (point-to-point protocol) and SLIP (serial line interface protocol) provides. Nothing needs to be done on Oracle's listener side in order to allow a dialup connection. It sees the dialup user as simply another TCP/IP network user. You of course need a dialup server in place. Linux or NT comes to mind.

If you are talking about TAPI type services, then no, Oracle does not natively support that. In this case you will need to develop/buy a TAPI based server that hooks into Oracle. Many companies are using such a setup that allows customers to dial in and obtain information (e.g. medical practitioner dialing into a medical aid company server to determine if a procedure is within the patient's medical aid contract and that the benefit limit for that procedure has not yet been exhausted).

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Billy
Received on Thu Sep 20 2001 - 05:04:58 CDT

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