Re: Mac client to Oracle database

Joseph W. Bausch wrote:
>
> Hi, I hope this is an appropriate newsgroup for this message and I hope I can
> put my question(s) into a readable form!
>
> Here's what I think I have access to: Oracle Office 2.1 on a Unix box. My
> university I believe is on a 10baseT network connection, and also supports only
> th PC platform. PC's connect up to Oracle Office I guess using their PC client
> on their machine which accesses the database on the unix box. I am unfortunate
> (or fortunate :) ) enough to use a Mac, which my university does not provide
> software support. I noticed that the Unix box does contain an X-client, so
> I downloaded a demo version of an X-server program for my Mac, and with some
> help from a Unix guru friend of mine, made the connection to Oracle and it
> works pretty darn well.
>
> However, I would like to know how to connect up Macs to this unix box in the
> analogous way that the PC'ers do it. I was able to locate the handful of
> floppy disks for what I think is installing the Mac client for Oracle Office,
> but have not been successful in getting it work.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is there any reason the Unix box won't take my Mac connection? Does the
> database there somehow have to be set up any differently to let Macs in? I
> am guessing it doesn't.
>
> 2. The manual I have for doing the Mac client install talks about some type
> of SQL*Net software needed for the Mac. Is this true? Can't I just do this
> via my TCP/IP connection? If I need the SQL*Net software, where do I get it?
> Was it supposed to come with the installation disks?
>
> 3. If I the answer to question 1 is no, and I do in fact need, and get, this
> SQL software, is the rest of the setup to make the connection to the Unix
> box straightforward?
>
> Any help is much appreciated!
>
> JWB
> -------

Hi,
I installed a demo version of Personal Oracle 7 for the Power Macintosh from the Oracle home page http://www.oracle.com/.

This contains the SQL*Net software that you are looking for.

However I am looking for something more than this!

What I would like is a browser that makes the database accesible rather than having to work with SQL plus.

Any tips for a Mac browser client would also be welcome.

Thanks, Received on Tue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00:00 CST