Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!news.glorb.com!news2.telebyte.nl!newshub1.home.nl!home.nl!not-for-mail From: Frank van Bortel Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Oracle 9IAS -vs- Apache Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:08:27 +0200 Organization: @Home Benelux Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: fvanbortel@netscape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: cc28855-a.hnglo1.ov.home.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news5.tilbu1.nb.home.nl 1081091151 4481 217.121.193.81 (4 Apr 2004 15:05:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 15:05:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:258888 Cris Carampa wrote: > Ken wrote: > >> We are running Oracle 8 with OAS (Oracle's old web server). >> We are not planning to upgrade our database soon, but we would like to >> switch to Apache for our web server ASAP. >> >> Can someone offer insight into what we should consider when choosing >> between Oracle's version of Apache versus the standard Open Source >> version of Apache 1.3 . > > > First of all, in which language are your applications written? If they > are written in Java, you can use opensource software, but if they are > written in PL/SQL you have to buy Oracle Application Server (there is no > such thing as a stand-alone version of Oracle's Apache). > Check the companion CD on 10G: "Standalone install of Oracle Application Server powered by Apache" I would refrain from it - almost like every good product (Borlands JDeveloper, now Apache) Oracle makes a mess of it. Ever tried to use a server certificate with the 10G Apache? You're forced to use the Wallet Manager! Certificates are not recognized, and all that. Used to work like a charm (just one SSL directive in httpd.conf), now you have to go thru a buggy product. And for what?!? -- Regards, Frank van Bortel