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Re: Zero Client front end to Oracle

From: Volker Hetzer <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:13:35 +0200
Message-ID: <bc7khc$ul9$1@dackel.pdb.sbs.de>


Holger Baer wrote:
> Volker Hetzer wrote:
>> Rich wrote:
>>
>>> I need to create a front end to an Oracle database. The company I
>>> work for requires that I use VB scripts. And they do not want
>>> anything installed on the end user's PC.
>>>
>>> The front end must be able to allow users to interactively ( thru
>>> pull down menus, combo boxes etc . . . ) create SQL statements.
>>> Then the SQL statements will query the back end Oracle tables. The
>>> data is to be retrieved and sent the Excel spreadsheets on the end
>>> users desktop.
>>>
>>> Can the above be done with Oracle and VB scripts on an intranet?
>>
>> Would the ODBC client dll count as "nothing"?
>
> No. It would count as insufficient - if I'm not completely cooked
> (what with currently about 35°C and no air conditioning) the ODBC dll
> sits on top of the Oracle Client so you'll need that as well.
I always thought the db specific part sits on the server machine? Btw, we have air conditioning and, as a consequence, only 30.2°C.

Don't catch a cold!
Volker

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