Re: NT Web Server: Personal O7 for Win vs. O7 Workgroup Server for NT?

All this analysis is irrelevant cause you CANNOT use Personal Oracle7 for Windows on Windows NT.

In article <3jvs48$26d_at_larry.rice.edu> stew_at_owlnet.rice.edu (David Harris Stewart) writes:
>I am setting up a web server (HTTPS) on Windows NT v3.5 connected to
>the net through a modem connection - the machine is *not* on a LAN. The
>server will invoke forms-based CGI scripts that I am hoping to implement
>in PL/SQL through the WOW Gateway (if I can adapt it from Sun Unix to
>NT - any advice on doing this is also welcome). I am trying to decide on
>whether to use Personal Oracle 7 for Windows or Oracle 7 Workgroup
>Server for Windows NT. All interactions with the database will be local
>between the database and a single user (the web server service), i.e. no
>client and no SQL Net needed. The database size will be less than 500 MB.
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>Personal Oracle 7 for Windows Advantages:
>-cheaper ($199 before 4/15/95, $399 after)
>-easier to setup (no networking issues)
>-easier to administer (?)
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>Disadvantages:
>-lower performance (speed is important in this app)
>-ominous messages about "NT not supported" during installation
>-some of the administration apps (Backup Manager, Recovery Manager,
>SQL *DBA) won't run under NT - only Win32s. Is this fixable if I install
>the NT versions of these client apps for Oracle7 Workgroup Server for NT,
>or will I just end up frying everything? (I have the CD-ROM with both on
>it)
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>Oracle 7 Workgroup Server for NT Advantages:
>-robust 32 bit multi-threaded NT service architecture
>-faster performance
>-fully working admin apps
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>Disadvantages:
>-more expensive (?)
>-all documentation seems to assume that it will be on a LAN and accessed
>by clients on seperate machines. Will it even install on a machine without a
>network card? Will it give me hassles if I try to access it locally from the
>HTTPS web server?
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>The solution I'm leaning towards now is keeping Personal Oracle 7 for
>Windows (which I've already installed) and upgrading down the road to O7
>WS for NT if/when I need more performance.
>
>Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
>Many thanks,
>-Tory Gattis
>tgattis_at_sccsi.com
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