Dear David,
Did you find an Oracle client for BSD ? I really
need this. Do you think if there is any Oracle
client, which is running on other Unix machine,
compatible to BSD?
In article <25al3.340$w3.614_at_news.ipass.net>,
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> Hi:
>
> If there isn't an Oracle client for BSD (and I
don't think there is, but =
> I might be wrong), then they won't have a
direct way to do this. They =
> *could* write a socket client on BSD that talks
to a socket server on =
> NT, which in turn connects to the Oracle
database. That's pretty =
> complicated, though. =20
>
> I'd call Oracle Support with this one. They
may have an Oracle client =
> for BSD. You need the Oracle SQL*Net or NET8
client, including the =
> Oracle OCI7 or OCI8 libraries and includes.
>
> Good luck!
>
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> David C. Sisk
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> Some programmers are writing an application
in C to run against my =
> Oracle database. The question deals with
Oracle's API. My Oracle is on a =
> box running NT. The developers are writing the
C application on a box =
> with an O/S called OpenBSD. Technet doesn't
have any info about =
> OpenBSD.What has been explained to me is that
the same C program written =
> on three different O/S's will compile three
different (unique to the =
> O/S) executable files. C apparently doesn't
compile the same on NT as =
> Solaris as OpenBSD. The question I have for the
newsgroup is this: If =
> Oracle does not have a client API for OpenBSD
or offer their client =
> source code in a form such that it can be
ported to OpenBSD, what is the =
> easiest way for the programmers' program to
execute calls against my =
> database?? They said they'll make it work with
any solution I can find, =
> as long as they can use THEIR COMPILER . Thank
you all in advance for =
> any help you may be able to lend.=20
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> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>If there isn't an Oracle
client for BSD (and I don't =
> think=20
> there is, but I might be wrong), then they
won't have a direct way to do =
>
> this. They *could* write a socket client
on BSD that talks to a =
> socket=20
> server on NT, which in turn connects to the
Oracle database. =
> That's pretty=20
> complicated, though. </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I'd call Oracle Support
with this one. They =
> may have an=20
> Oracle client for BSD. You need the
Oracle SQL*Net or NET8 client, =
>
> including the Oracle OCI7 or OCI8 libraries and
includes.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Good luck!</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><BR>--
<BR></FONT>David C. =
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ttp://www.ipass.net/~da=
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href=3D"mailto:sam.petitto_at_netsec.net">sam.petitto
@netsec.net<SAM.PETITTO=
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href=3D"mailto:3794D6E9.F2604CDF_at_netsec.net">3794D
6E9.F2604CDF_at_netsec.net=
> </A>>...</DIV>Some=20
> programmers are writing an application in C
to run against my Oracle =
>
> database. The question deals with Oracle's
API. My Oracle is on a =
> box=20
> running NT. The developers are writing the
C application on a box =
> with an=20
> O/S called OpenBSD. Technet doesn't
have any info about =
> OpenBSD.What=20
> has been explained to me is that the same C
program written on three =
>
> different O/S's will compile three
different (unique to the O/S) =
> executable=20
> files. C apparently doesn't compile the
same on NT as Solaris as =
> OpenBSD.=20
> The question I have for the newsgroup is
this: If Oracle does not =
> have a=20
> client API for OpenBSD or offer their
client source code in a form =
> such that=20
> it can be ported to OpenBSD, what is the
easiest way for the=20
> programmers' program to execute calls
against my database?? =
> They said=20
> they'll make it work with any solution I
can find, as long as they =
> can use=20
> THEIR COMPILER . Thank you all in advance
for any help you may be =
> able to=20
> lend. <BR> <BR> =20
> =
>
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