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Date:      Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:36:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      kevin@dick.org (Kevin Dick)
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Accessing Oracle servers from FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <v02140b0baff7c679af91@[165.227.104.177]>

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I want to run a Web server on FreeBSD and have it access an Oracle server
on Solaris.  Some people at Oracle claim to support SQL*Net clients on
FreeBSD.  However, they can't tell me whether there are native binaries or
the support is through some sort of SCO or Solaris emulation.  Others at
Oracle aren't sure if it's possible at all.

I can only think of five solutions to my problem:

1. Oracle provides SQL*Net client binaries on FreeBSD
2. There is some configuration of Oracle SQL*Net binaries for another Unix
platform and an emulator that will work.
3. Some third party has created SQL*Net client binaries for FreeBSD
4. Some third party has created a bridging solution that forwards SQL
queries over a socket to a proxy on Solaris which then calls the Oracle
server.
5. Oracle will provide SQL*Net client source and we can do the port ourselves.

I thought you might be able to help me with solutions 2, 3, and 4.  Do you
know of anyone that has successfully implemented any of these?  Is there a
solution that I haven't thought of?

Thanks in advance,

Kevin Dick





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