They said they are using OCI as the interface. Not sure what you mean by
method? Do you mean putting binary data in a character column?
Jim
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"Telemachus" <telemachus_at_ulysseswillreturn.net> wrote in message
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> Have they told you what method they're using to select/insert the data
from
> the application server ?
> "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:Pxsla.436830$S_4.499081_at_rwcrnsc53...
> > Lets say I have a column of a raw or a blob. Lets say it is Oracle
> version
> > 8.1.7.4 and is running on a Sun Solaris box. Lets say the client is
> running
> > on Windows 2000. I am very sure that no matter that the client (w2k)
and
> > the server (Sun) are different endian architectures that the sqlnet will
> > take care of the correct endian order.
> >
> > Why am I asking this? A vendor I deal with claims that since they are
> > storing binary data in the database the application server (the client)
> and
> > the database server (Oracle) must be on the same OS otherwise the endian
> > problem. In the over ten years I've been working with Oracle and other
> > RDBMSs I've never heard of such a problem. I think the vendor is
shining
> me
> > on. But hey I could be wrong.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 11 2003 - 09:41:10 CDT
