Re: Accessing informix from oracle - complexity and cost

From: Jason Heinrich <jheinrich_at_pcci.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:27:34 -0500
Message-ID: <C2CCC806.273EC%jheinrich@pcci.edu>

You can find Oracle¹s ³official² price list at http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/eplext.pdf

On 7/25/07 6:24 AM, Bob wrote:

> Thanks for the reply. I was going round and round with oracle all day to try
> and get pricing. An SR could not provide me with a verifiable price list -
> rather I was quoted "about 15k from the transparent gateway... form an
> internal price list" and
>
> "...HSODBC Heterogeneous services / ODBC aka Generic Transparent Gateway" is
> "free" from oracle..." but I would need to get the drivers from a third party
> or informix.
>
> I can see why license compliance can be a service provided by outside
> vendors....I challange onyone to search the net or oracle site for verifiable
> licensing costs... :)
>
> Anyways, my os is oracle 9i 2 on solaris, if you have any notes on how this is
> done please send them to me, I would greatly appreciate it ... all the
> documentation about this is what Ive come to label "circular reference...."
>
> Thanks again
> bob

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Jason Heinrich
Oracle Database Administrator
Pensacola Christian College
(850) 478-8496 x2509
jheinrich_at_pcci.edu

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