Re: OT: ODBC port

bbaker_at_denvernewspaperagency.com wrote:

>Sorry for the OT post, but I cannot find this elsewhere.
>We need to get connectivity from outside our firewall into an Oracle
>database using ODBC.
>
>Our network guy thinks there should be a port designation or something to
>allow these odbc connects through.
>I'm clueless.
>Any ideas where we can look to find out how to configure this?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Barb
>

AFAIK, even ODBC uses SQL*Net under it for connectivity. check with the network guy to see if your firewall can be set to handle SQL*Net traffic. i know that our checkpoint firewall does, and we just set a rule to open it for that.

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