Re: ODBC

From: Fuzzy <granta_at_nospam.student.canberra.edu.au>
Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 23:25:40 GMT
Message-ID: <372cdeb9.2700763@newshost.interact.net.au>

On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 23:01:23 -0700, "Ayodhya" <RAMMURTHY_at_mediaone.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>I have Oracle and Ingres running on a Unix (HP-UX) and I want to connect to
>this database from a windows desktop using ODBC. Is it possible to do
>this?If so what should be the sort of coonectivity? Currently I can ping and
>telnet to the Unix box.

You'll need SQL*Net or Net8 (the connectivity layer), and an ODBC driver. Note some ODBC drivers claim they don't need SQL*Net/Net8 - the draw back is they need a server-side component.

Ciao
Fuzzy
;-) Received on Sun May 02 1999 - 18:25:40 CDT