DA Morgan wrote:
> bradmadigan_at_gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I've been currently hired to take a legacy FoxPro application and
>> convert into a new application using Oracle.
>> One of the stipulations (and FoxPro being flat file based was good for
>> this) is to keep business transactions moving along even in the case
>> the Network goes down.
>>
>> Is there a tool that Oracle provides in such a case?
>
> How being flat file affects networking eludes me ... but the solution
> is to use the following technologies:
>
> 1. Zoning
> 2. NIC Bonding (also known as teaming and multipathing)
>
> Essentially you duplicate all paths to everywhere so that you can lose
> any switch or any NIC card or any piece of copper.
>
> Again ... how FoxPro can protect you from losing a NIC card eludes me.
IIRC Foxpro ran locally on the PC so no network was necessary. I think
what he wants is the ability to enter data locally on a PC and replicate
to a central server whenever the PC connects to the network.
Received on Fri Feb 23 2007 - 16:26:19 CST
