Re: Newbie Request for Info.

Well diplomatically put Daniel ;-)

"Daniel A. Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3C44423C.D4A32C6F_at_exesolutions.com>...
> Without some serious Oracle experience in-house my feeling is that you
> folks are just asking for trouble. Oracle is not a toy like Access or SQL
> Server. When people try to use it without proper training/mentoring they
> make horrible messes and usually conclude that the problem is that there
> is something wrong with Oracle.
>
> But to answer your question you can connect to the Oracle database through
> native tools such as SQL*Net and OCI and through generic interfaces such
> as ODBC and JDBC. Which means you can front-end an Oracle application with
> Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, PowerBuilder, XML, Java, C, C++, Pascal,
> Delphi, ASP, JavaScript, HTML, VB Script, Access, Cold Fusion, Sapphire,
> Cognos, Seagate Crystal, and many many other products. Choose your poison.
>
> But before you do ... please get someone inhouse that knows Oracle. And
> remember one important difference between Oracle and other products. To
> use Oracle you MUST read the manuals. Otherwise you will find yourself
> getting intimate with the phrase RTFM.
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
>
> Jon Blake wrote:
>
> > We are not an Oracle house therefore my knowledge is sparce - what
> > development environments does Oracle support and how - [o|j]dbc/native
> > etc. Does it include VB, CA-OpenRoad etc..
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > rgds
> >
> > Jon
Received on Wed Jan 16 2002 - 10:34:56 CET