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Conference orarep::nomahs::dbintegrator_public_public

Title:DB Integrator Public Conference
Notice:Database Integration - today! Kit/Doc info see note 36
Moderator:BROKE::ABUGOV
Created:Mon Sep 21 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1171
Total number of notes:5187

1093.0. "Implications of SQLNET support?" by UKVMS3::SHISCOCK (stand and deliver) Fri Aug 30 1996 03:21

    Hi,
    
    I hope this is not a daft question but when rdb supports sqlnet (in
    7.0) will it make the oracle transparent gateway to rdb and the rdb gateway
    to oracle7 redundant?
    
    If I'm being extremely silly could someone explain why it won't.
    
    :-)
    
    
    thanks,
    
    Steve
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1093.1SQLnet is the transport - Gateways care about APIBROKE::ABUGOVFri Aug 30 1996 07:5521
    
    
    Hi Steve,
    
    All SQLnet is is a transport with a transport protocol.  
    
    The gateways "work" at the API level.  For the Rdb Transparent Gateway
    to Oracle the API is Rdb's API - the programs that talk DSRI.  For the
    Oracle Transparent Gateway to Rdb the programs that talk OCI (or a
    superset of it) can talk to Rdb.  The transport is just a thing in the
    middle.  If you have an program written for Rdb, or your programmer's
    are used to programming to Rdb and you have all of the Rdb tools yet
    you want to use an Oracle database for some tasks, you can use the Rdb
    Transparent Gateway to Oracle.  If your programmers are very used to
    Oracle or have programs/tools that work with Oracle but want to get to
    Rdb then they can look at the Oracle Transparent Gateway to Rdb to see
    if it does what they want.
    
    I hope this helps.
    
    Dan
1093.2thanks, SteveUKVMS3::SHISCOCKstand and deliverMon Sep 02 1996 03:171