Re: MAC Client to OR7 on Sparc?????

From: Paul Mergener <pmerge_at_pacersoft.com>
Date: 6 Mar 1995 14:14:56 GMT
Message-ID: <pmerge-0603950917290001_at_192.156.173.181>

In article <dwindstr-0503951556480001_at_slip214.sirius.com>, dwindstr_at_sirius.com (David Windstrom) wrote:

>I am trying to find the most direct network connection to Oracle Server
>running on a SunSparc, from a MAC Client.
>
>The only client/server programming I've done connected a Motif/SUNOS
>client to an Informix DB server both running on the SUN platform, using
>OSF/DCE RPC to handle the network.
>
>I'm trying to avoid several layers of middleware. But there's no DCE for
>the MAC. As I understand it, the only possibility is SQL*Net, which I
>invoke with another Oracle Product, the OCI (Oracle Call Interface??) It
>sounds like they require you to buy their "PRO-C" bundled with OCI. I'd
>rather use whatever's native to Oracle.
>
>My questions are:
>
>??: Is Oracle OCI/SQL*Net the closest I can come to the DCE RPC paradigm,
>and is it the best way to go, given my situation?
>
>??: Does SQL*Net talk to MacTCP or does it implement it's own direct
>network, sockets type interface? If so, how? I've got MacTCP and a
>Farallon Etherwave NUBUS card with a twisted-pair connection to the SUN
>machine. The card handles the signal directionality. (I've got no hub
>and no other clients at present).
>
>??: Do I have to buy/use Oracle's PRO-C or can I invoke SQL*Net API's from
>within a THINK-C or CODEWARRIOR C program?
>
>??: Is DAL another option? Is there a DAL server piece that run's on the
>SUN? Does it work with ORACLE7?

DAL certainly is an option. Pacer Software develops the DAL servers for UNIX platforms, including Sun. All platforms support Oracle7 (as well as Informix, Ingres, and Sybase) as part of the product. Both Mac and Windows clients are available, and both will work with either the DAL or ODBC. For more information on our DAL server implentation, please call or email me at the address below.

>Even if you're not familiar with DCE, any comments about SQL*Net and OCI
>on the MAC would be appreciated.
>
>--
>David Windstrom + DW Enterprises = mailto:dwindstr_at_sirius.com

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