Re: What is SQL*NET?

Morgan Skinner (morgan_at_odo.fisons-lims.com) wrote:
> Dan Creswell <dancres_at_drake.bt.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Subject says it all?
> >
> > I know it's an interface into ORACLE for PC's but how would I use it,
> > where would I get it?
> >
 

> Dan,
 

> It's the glue that links a PC application with a server application.
> For instance, we are using PowerBuilder on the PC to communicate with
> an Alpha running OpenVMS. To communicate from one to the other we
> obviously use a network, which for the moment is running DECnet.

It is not just for linking PC's to an ORACLE server, it is also useful for linking distributed databases.

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