Re: Mac to Oracle 8i connection

The one you mentioned (2.3 something) seems to be the one. JDBC has a bunch of problems, but I know people who use it for commercial applications.

Software for Macs is, unfortunately, developed intermittently and in most cases by enthusiastic individuals. Maybe OSX will change that a bit.

Paul Drake wrote:

> Karen <abvk_at_ureach.com> wrote in message news:<3D266EC9.BD3C79B6_at_ureach.com>...
> > There exists a sqlnet driver for Mac OS 9.
> >
> > There is JDBC interface for Mac OS X.
> >
> >
> > Nogbad the Bad wrote:
> >
> > > What is a practical way for MacOS 9.1 to connect to an Oracle
> > > 8i database from inside an application, written in C++ or Java?
> > > BTW there's no Java2 on 9.1
>
> Karen,
>
> > There exists a sqlnet driver for Mac OS 9.
>
> would that be sqlnet v2.3.2.0.3 circa 1996
> or was there anything more recent that you know of?
>
> > There is JDBC interface for Mac OS X.
> this one still irks me.
> the trade rags had a half dozen articles of how an OS X client for
> 8.1.6 was written, and how an 8.1.7 client was to be released, but was
> killed.
>
> we'll probably have to wait for some sort of "tell all" book to be
> published to find out what happened there.
>
> thanks,
>
> Paul
Received on Sat Jul 06 2002 - 23:16:14 CDT