Re: MS-Access & Oracle on a Unix Box
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 21:03:56 GMT
Message-ID: <M.W.Stern.139.2D9897BC_at_massey.ac.nz>
In article <Cn41yJ.D5M_at_hippo.ru.ac.za> pcser1_at_ml.petech.ac.za writes:
>In article <2mf3vu$chs_at_rigel.infinet.com> sfrazier_at_infinet.com (Steve E. Frazier) writes:
>>Can someone tell me if it is possible to run MS-Access on a Novell server
>>and have it
>>access Oracle databases off of a Unix box? Would the Novell server have
>>to be running DOS Oracle in order to do so? If this is possible, how
>>would it work, obviously via TCP-IP, correct?
>>
>>thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>It is posible . We did it by runing SQL*NET on the pc and on the unix box
>aswell as useing winsock drivers. If you need the full details E-Mail me
>and I can send you a complete setup.
There are also several "Middleware" companies around suppling ODBC connections to various database back-ends. Is anyone using these? Any comments?
Thanks
Mark Stern Received on Tue Mar 29 1994 - 23:03:56 CEST