Oracle DRDA gateway

Hi All,

We are looking at technologies that enable an Oracle 7.1 database (on IBM RS/6000 running AIX 3.2.51) to seamlessly access data in an MVS/DB2 database on an IBM mainframe.

We need Oracle applications (Forms 3/4.5 and Pro*C apps) to be able to select, update, delete, and create records on the DB2 database, but THINK that they are only accessing an Oracle database (ie. TOTALLY transparent to the application). Any complex configuring that must be done the DBA is ok, as long as the solution works.

Specifically, has anyone used Oracle's DRDA gateway (which is designed to do this type of thing) to access data in an DB2 database on an IBM mainframe from an Oracle database on a UNIX host ?

If so, can you tell me about any known problems, limitations, "gotch-ya's", etc... In otherwords, give me the low down on it ??

Any help would be much appreciated.

Dean Gawler
(dgawler_at_adam.com.au) Received on Tue Jul 16 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST