Re: QUESTION about SQL*NET for windows

In article <sjsCCDu1I.9q6_at_netcom.com> sjs_at_netcom.com (Stephen Schow) writes:
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>From: sjs_at_netcom.com (Stephen Schow)
>Subject: QUESTION about SQL*NET for windows
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>Does anyone know which TCP drivers are needed or work with SQL*NET? I am
>just getting into Windows and so I'm a bit ignorant. I also want to use
>those TCP drivers with other products. For example, I would like to try
>qvtnet or some other term emulator that will work with the same TCP drivers.
 

>Thanks in advance
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Go with anything that is WINSOCK compliant. SQL*Net supports WINSOCK, even the WINSOCK from some of the suppliers they support directly. For instance I am using SQL*Net with FTP's PC/TCP not directly as suggested (and supported?) by Oracle, but by using the WINSOCK that comes with PC/TCP (well actually the latest WOCKSOCK.DLL downloaded from their ftp site).

Also I can run other WINSOCK software, for instance the NewsReader TRUMPET I am sending this with. Great eh!

Gets better! See, if I get sick of PC/TCP or I want to develop an Orcale system for a client who doesn't want or need a full suit of Internet goodies (ftp, telnet, etc) then I can use a WINSOCK from any other supplier. Peter Tatum has written a shareware WINSOCK (pretty neat too I must add) that is currently in Beta or something. I also saw some talk of a PD Winsock being developed.

Of couse this only applies if you wish to embrace Windows as your environment of choice.

Regards

Mark Stern
Massey University
New Zealand
M.W.Stern_at_massey.ac.nz Received on Fri Aug 27 1993 - 05:44:53 CEST