Non SQL*NET access to Oracle Database

OpenLink Software, Croydon, UK (Tel 0181 681 7701) have ODBC drivers that can give access from front ends to an Oracle database (and other databases such as Sybase, Informix ...) without SQL*NET. A 30 day trial version is avalaible at www.openlink.co.uk. However, when will someone produce a serial connection ODBC driver which does not need SQL*NET AND dos NOT need TCP/IP. This would bge Async Net and OpenLink's ODBC driver combined. We could all connect via our multiport  serial boards, and would not need TCP/IP at either end. This would also give us very easy connections remotely via modems. This would be the simplest method of connection from a GUI front end. If the connection was via a modem remotely then there would not be any special speed advantage to a network solution. I read all the time in the Unix newsgroups about sites with 200, 300 and more serial users connected to a server. Wouln't this be a cheap and simple solution to fancy front ends. They could still transfer to a network solution eventually, but have the benefits almost immediately. None of their front end development wuld be wasted as it would all be the same when the network version was working.

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Greg Hayes
MD
Hayford Systems Ltd


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