Re: Mac SQL*Net VS Oracel VS Oracle 7

In article <Aug29.162232.64230_at_acs.ucalgary.ca>, moxness_at_acs.ucalgary.ca (Jack Moxness) wrote:

> Hi Net Oracle experts/users.
> Our campus is testing the use of Oracle 7 for information
> distribution for its administrative functioning (financial,
> registration etc.). They have a WINDOWS solution in place using
> ODBPC (or something?) and MicroSoft Access. Our department uses
> Macintosh systems. I need the following answer and suggestions.
> 1) Is Macintosh SQL*Net compatible with Oracle 7?
>
> 2) What kind of front end application programs (ala Access) do
> people reccommend?
>
> THANKS! to all.
> sincerely,
> ---
> Jack Moxness moxness_at_acs.ucalgary.ca
> Programmer/Analyst phone: (403) 220 - 4950
> Psychology Dept. FAX: (403) 282 - 8249
> University of Calgary

Version 1.5 of SQL*Net for Macintosh (TCP/IP) works with the Oracle7 instances we have running on our AIX database servers. There are a variety of tools for the Macintosh that support SQL*Net - including Oracle Forms 4.0, Blyth's Omnis7, Brio's DataEdit, and ACI's 4th Dimension using their Oracle gateway. If you are looking for true Macintosh capability and look/feel- 4D with Oracle seems to work well. If you need cross-platform support, the others support Windows and Motif. As far as SQL*Net is concerned, I believe version 1.5 is the latest version.

Scott Langdoc                                                  scott_at_uscs.com
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