Re: Workstation Server - What is it?

noname <notme_at_aol.com> wrote in article
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> I have a client that wants me to build a 20,000 record database
> for remote user access on a windows nt server. He was told that
> he must have Oracle Workstation Server and that this package had
> everything he needed to design the database, front-end for his
> remote users, etc.
>
> When I scanned a few pages about the Workstation Server, it appeared
> to me that this was a "database administrator" type of program and
> not the tools that are needed to create and distribute runtime oracle
> database applications.
>
> Can someone set me straight please...
>
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I would venture to guess that the client was told he should use "Workgoup Server" and not "Workstation Server"! I am by no means anywhere close to an Oracle expert, but I believe that the main difference between Oracle Workgroup Server and regular Oracle Server is that Workgroup Server is meant to be a more midrange sort of database, where Oracle Server is a full-fledged high-performance industrial-strength database engine.

Again, I don't know much about all this, but I have played around with Workgroup Server a bit, and it definitely requires a DBA. I do know that Oracle has a large suite of tools for front-end work. Perhaps you should check Oracle's home page.

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- Vic
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