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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:50:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Craig Spannring <cts@internetcds.com>
Cc:        Angelo Nardone <ang@adinet.com.uy>, freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: TDDS? Was Re: SQL server, Oracle
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980610094850.22656A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <199806091726.KAA02592@bangkok.office.cdsnet.net>

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On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Craig Spannring wrote:

> Angelo Nardone writes:
>  > I need to make a query to an Oracle (NT) server, and a SQL server from a
>  > process
>  > runing in FreeBSD.
>  > Do anybody know how ?
> 
> 
> I don't know about Oracle, but I have some programs running on FreeBSD
> that access a MS SQLServer database.
> 
> Please don't judge me to harshly but what I'm doing right now is
> running a Java RMI server on an NT machine.  The program I have on the
> FreeBSD side is a Java application that connects to the ODBC-JDBC
> bridge via the RMI server on the NT box.  It ain't pretty, but it
> works.  There are also a few companies that have JDBC drivers that can
> talk to SQLServer.

  This is due to the fact that Microsoft does not make a Type 4
JDBC driver (a 3rd party company does).  Oracle makes a Type 4 JDBC
driver, so you won't need any middleware.  This driver is available as a
free download.

Tom


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