Re: NT terminal server client tools

There are many people who are using Discoverer. 3.1 is the latest release and has some major enhancements. Discoverer is Oracle's direction as far as ad hoc queries go. It does not compare with Excel via ODBC in that it is much better and faster. It uses native drivers bypassing the much slower ODBC connection. It allows pre-built or user-defined data extraction queries as well as report scheduling. I have never used it in a Terminal Server environment, but if speed were the issue, report scheduling allows you to run bulky queries at night or on the weekend and have them accessible anytime. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Chris Call
chris_at_cis.com
Ted Oliver <tsoliver_at_azstarnet.com> wrote in message news:37664D77.C83C1E5_at_azstarnet.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm fairly new with Oracle, have worked with Access and SQL 6.5 in the
> past. We run 8.1.5.0.0 on Solaris, and currently provide client data
> access through Browswer 2.0 (no longer supported, AFAIK) and entry
> through Forms 5.0, all running on X-windows terms off Solaris app servers.
>
> We are a private research firm, and most end-users access the database
> via ad-hoc queries based on very large (# of columns, not that much
> data) static tables that are generated automatically twice weekly.
>
> I am trying to plan for replacement options for client access since
> Browser is no longer supported. We are also planning a general migration
> toward Windows Terminal Server, possibly with metaframe to support
> x-windows terms (many are being replaced with Neoware thin-clients).
>
> Questions:
>
> a) Does anyone actually use Discoverer 3.0?
> b) Specifically, does anyone use Discoverer 3.0 in a terminal server
> environment? I am mainly concerned about performance and compatibility
issues.
> c) How does discoverer compare with something like MS Excel via ODBC for
> client data extraction? (eg. using Query Builder).
> c) Are there ANY Solaris-based apps that provide basic ad-hoc query
> support with connectivity to Oracle?
>
> Thanks in advance for any replies, cc's to tedATdesert.com greatly
appreciated. Received on Tue Jun 15 1999 - 17:52:15 CEST