Re: ODBC and Oracle

From: Philip Chee <philip_at_aleytys.pc.my>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:47:25 GMT
Message-ID: <948005245.5061snx@aleytys.pc.my>

In article <8EBC96C4Edlm_at_206.141.192.241> dmausner_at_ameritech.x.net writes:
>ixes_at_gmx.de (Thomas Meiers) wrote in
><8fdv7skmu24ouk7soilmonemeb0ic7a4c0_at_4ax.com>:

>>Is there a way to read a ODBC Datasource from a Oracle Database?

>oracle client installation kit, available on the oracle install disk,
>includes oracle's odbc interface. now if you want to access that odbc
>interface from sql*plus, you must also obtain something called OCA, the
>client adapter. this is only available on the developer tool install disk.

>to summarize, you need: (1) the odbc interface for the non-oracle
>database; (2) the odbc interface from oracle; and (3) the oracle client
>adapter.

Is the OCA only for Wintel platforms or are there unix (solaris) versions from Oracle?

Philip

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