Re: **Web, Win NT, cgi, perl - how best to connect? SQL Plus or ODBC or?

From: Albert Rybalkin <rybalkin_at_cv.jinr.dubna.su>
Date: 1995/08/25
Message-ID: <41l1g0$eip_at_cv.jinr.dubna.su>#1/1


In article <erutsch-2108951205120001_at_quadra.wyp.net>, erutsch_at_sirius.com says...
>
>We have an Oracle 7 (workgroup) database running on Windows NT. We are
>using a perl script to access it from a web page.
>
>The perl script is accessing SQL Plus , but this only allows one user to
>access the database at a time. Does anyone have any suggestions of what
>the best way to access the database using a perl script is..? Should we
>access it via OBDC.. ?
>

	I could suggest to write some CGI script which will function as
	gateway between http server and oracle.
	You can take a look at such gateway at 
	<URL:http://oradb1.jinr.dubna.su/Software/ORALink/>.
	If you don't need connectivity to other databases,
	i could recommend to use OCI, since ODBC is a damn slow.

>
>Another question;
>Is there a version of Oraperl for NT?
>

        Not yet, to best to my knowledge.

--
albert.
Received on Fri Aug 25 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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