Re: How analagous is Personal Oracle 7.1 to the other Oracles

I know that there are limitations to PO7. That there are features that are not included in PO7 that is in Oracle7. However, triggers are not one of them. I've created triggers in PO7 w/o a problem.

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James Allore <allorej_at_riscan.com> wrote in article
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> Hi!

> 

> I have a client who has asked me to look into taking their 


> established MS Access program and linking it to an Oracle 

> backend (they like the front end interface and want to keep 

> it). I set up Personal Oracle 7 (PO7) on a Windows for 

> Workgroups 3.11 machine, exported some tables from Access 

> into Oracle, then reattached these tables to the Access 

> program.  After fighting with the combination for a while, I 

> began to wonder how analagous PO7 is to other Oracle 

> versions.  The client is using an Oracle database on a UNIX 

> box, and running it across a WAN.  My PO7 seems to be limited 

> to the local (Intel) computer.  Also, it seems like Oracle 

> requires Oracle client/server software to share it across a 

> network, you can't just reach across the network and connect?  

> I don't know much about Oracle, but PO7 seems to be limited 

> in features in comparison to other database products (i.e no 

> triggers?), is it limited in comparison to "full blown" 

> Oracle as well?

>