Re: Remote Web Server and Oracle

From: Billy Verreynne <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za>
Date: 1997/11/07
Message-ID: <01bceb3e$28181d60$f3040059@billyv.vslabs.co.za>#1/1

Steve <syarbrou_at_ais.net> wrote in article <3460f23a.17246070_at_news.ais.net>...

> Can SQL*Net be used on the web server that will be attaching to the
> Oracle Database?

Yes. For a client Oracle application (or CGI) to talk to Oracle on another platform, it needs SQL*Net.

> If so, do they have SQL*Net for the SGI and SUN?

Yes.

> Oracle's web site is a nightmare and then have nothing on SQL*Net. Or
> is this sold by someone else? The only thing they sold on their site
> was a book on it.

I'm not sure about the licencing issues, but I think that you will have to purchase the an Oracle Client version for the platform from which you want to access Oracle. This will give you SQL*Net, SQL*Plus and all the other Oracle client utilities and software you'll need.

regards,
Billy Received on Fri Nov 07 1997 - 00:00:00 CST