RE: Heterogeneous Services

Thanks to all for the suggestions/hints/advice. They will all be helpful once I get this particular database up to 10g because, according to Metalink Note 261726.1, generic connectivity is not available on Linux until 10g. This was "verified" by checking a 10g installation and seeing the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/hsodbc program while my 9i installation does not have it. One of those situations where a feature is supported on non-Linux platforms earlier than Linux....sigh.

Again, thanks for all the help.

-joe

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Subject: Re: Heterogeneous Services

I asked a similar question here a while back (HSODBC connection to informix), admittedly the initial googling and metalinking seemed circular... I found this document to work perfectly 245549.1 . Be sure to follow it to the letter, its actually easier to do than than the document makes it sound. This also assumes you will aquire 3 party (your system) odbc drivers.

note 245549.1 = How to setup generic connectivity - HSODBC - on (your platform) in this case Sun solaris

HSODBC = hetrogeneous services via odbc

hth
Bob

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Sweetser, Joe wrote:


> Hi all -

>

> I am in the "conception" stage of setting up Heterogeneous Services

(HS)


> from a 9.2.0.8 Linux database to a MSSQL 2000 (v 8.00.2039) database.

I


> need to pull data from MSSQL into Oracle.  I've been OTN'ing,

RTFM'ing,


> metalink'ing and google'ing but am still fuzzy about exactly what I

need


> to do.  Figure 7-1 in

>

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96544/gencon.ht


> m#1656 is the closest I can find to what I am trying to accomplish.

> This also seems close to what I am trying to do:

>

http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_heterogeneous_database_connections_sql_serve


> r.htm.  The query will initiate from the Oracle side.

>

> A few questions:

>

> 1.  Do I need to install/run an Oracle listener on the MSSQL box?

> 2.  Do I need to get a 3rd party ODBC driver for my Oracle/Linux

server?


> If so, any vendor/freeware/shareware recommendations are appreciated.

> I've been poking around the DataDirect.com site so far.

> 3.  I see many references to the hsodbc "program".  Is this really a

> program/executable or just the way to tell the listener to use the HS

> that are configured in the Oracle database?

> 4.  Last, any pointers/links to docs are appreciated.

>   


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