Re: Non SQL*NET access to Oracle Database

the other slick way to do it is to make an HTML form and access Oracle via the web.

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In article <817571102snz_at_hayford.demon.co.uk>, greg_at_hayford.demon.co.uk wrote:



> 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 multi-

> port 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

> +44 71 247 3005 Tel


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