Re: Does SQL*Net work with any WinSock implementation?

In article <1993Aug21.100545.1_at_cc.helsinki.fi> jaakola_at_cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>In article <1993Aug21.002820.28866_at_oracle.us.oracle.com>, skanga_at_us.oracle.com (Shiraz Kanga) writes:
>>
>> Some folks wanted some more info on this so here it is.
>> Oracle's SQL*Net TCP/IP 1.1.7.7A and 1.1.7.7B will support
>> FTP's PC/TCP v2.2 with the WINSOCK interface. In fact this
>> combination does work with Domain Name Services even though
>> the release notes state that it isnt supported.
>>
>> Hint: Get WINSOCK.DLL version 1.06 dated May 4, 1993
>>
>
>Windows Sockets ought to be a standard interface, that is, any
>implementation of Windows Sockets should do. So, does Oracle require
>some PC/TCP proprietary feature or would any Windows Sockets
>implementation (such as Peter Tattam's) do?
>--
>Juhani Jaakola, jaakola_at_cc.helsinki.fi

Juhani, you are correct. I dont believe Oracle requires any proprietary features and theoretically any winsock dll should work. However standards evolve over time (Isnt that why version numbers were invented ? (-: ) Winsock is still maturing and there are quite a few differences between implementations. Also reality many times has little to do with what ought to happen ;-> right?

shiraz

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