Re: question about Oracle client server connection

niemand999_at_hotmail.com (Michel) wrote in message news:<18bddd9c.0302180721.57af0425_at_posting.google.com>...
> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3E5111DD.A98A763F_at_exesolutions.com>...
> > Michel wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm very new to Oracle so maybe this is a simple question for you.
> > >
> > > I have two machines, A Sun Solaris with Oracle and a Tru64 Unix with
> > > Ingres.
> > >
> > > Is it possible, when I install Oracle client on the Ingres machine, to
> > > connect to the Oracle database with Perl script's running on the
> > > Ingres machine?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Kind Reagards,
> > >
> > > Michel Mansens
> >
> > My answer is a tentative yes as you give no indication of what you plan on
> > doing with these Perl scripts. Without knowing what you are thinking you
> > are going to accomplish I'm hesitatnt to just say: 'Yes'.
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
>
> Hello,
>
> With the Perl scripts I want to update/insert/delete in a Oracle
> database and a Ingres database.
>
> Michel

Yes. Get the book on how to do it, and check out:

http://search.cpan.org/search?query=oracle+ingres&mode=all

If you want repeatable read or other strangeness between the two db's, you will probably have to reinvent the wheel.

jg

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