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- From: p228@uni05.larc.nasa.gov (Bailey Bob)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: SQL Net
- Date: 8 Jan 1993 17:05:19 GMT
- Organization: Unisys-Hampton VA
- Lines: 24
- Message-ID: <1ikc8fINNqoe@rave.larc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1354@pivot-sts.sbi.com> ken@comanche.sbi.com (Ken Jones) writes:
- >Dear Oracle Guru's
- >
- >We looking at using Oracle in a distributed environment. I've heard that
- >this is accomplished using SQL net. But is it reliable? Is it a good product?
- >Is it worth it. Are there any alternatives?
- >
- >I can post a summary to the net.
- >
- >Ken Jones
-
- IMHO SQL*Net is a reliable product. We are currently using it to share data
- between 7 different database servers. SQL*Net permits us to move/retrieve
- data with relative ease. If you are going to use Oracle in a distributed
- environment, SQL*Net is the only option that I am aware of. (Unless you
- want to export to a file, FTP the file to the other system, and import the
- data; but this is a less than optimal solution.:-)) There are some limitations
- to remote updates if you will be using Oracle V6.0, but V7.0 fully supports
- remote updates (according to the info that I have read). Remote updates are
- possible with 6.0, but, the solution is somewhat of a kludge that we devised.
-
- Bob Bailey
- Paramax/Unisys
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