Re: ODBC with Oracle and Informix on the same server.

Franz Krojer (franz.krojer@mch.sni.de) wrote: : Your consultant is right. The ODBC drivers for ORACLE and INFORMIX : need the net products SQL*Net and Informix-Net for remote : access. But there are alternatives. : We, i.e. Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme, have developed : the Database Access Service DBA, which offers among other : features DDE and ODBC to different databases (Informix, : Oracle, Ingres, SESAM/SQL and UDS/SQL). The net products of : the database systems (SQL*Net, Informix-Net, Ingres-Net) are : not necessary. DBA offers this access within one product. You : do not need one driver for Oracle and another for Informix. : DBA.D (the MS-DOS/Windows client of DBA) can be used as ODBC : driver for all the mentioned database systems. Additionaly : DBA.D offers a DDE interface, an ESQL/C interface and a : uniform SQL syntax for all databases. : For more information contact your local SNI branch or contact : me or: Were we to use DBA.D - would we have to install any additional products on the server's side apart from the backends ? Axel Wilzopolski -- Axel Wilzopolski axel@niva.han.de Am Ihmeufer 3 Modem: +49 511 457616 30449 Hannover FRG-Germany