Re: ODBC access, Unix to Unix.

In article 2134@colesmyer.com.au, amay@colesmyer.com.au (Andrew May CMIS) writes: >In article <2o2kba$bs1@dax.intellicorp.com>, >Mark Tait <tait@dax.intellicorp.com> wrote: >>Hi all, >> >> I have seen a lot of posts that talk about using ODBC to have a PC >>talk to a database running on a Unix box, but I have yet to see a unix >>to unix reference. Does there exist an ODBC client for Unix? > >ODBC is a Microsoft standard for connection to "other" databases. It is >basically a MS-Windows DLL. ODBC allows client-side products like VB, access >and Excel to connect to a "generic" database like Oracle via the ODBC driver >and SQL*Net. > >If you want server/server connectivity you would normally use distributed >database options from your database vendor. e.g. SQL*Net over TCP/IP from >one Unix box to another. > >Regards, >Andrew. > >-- >--------------------------------------*--------------------------------------- >N. Andrew May. | Database Administrator >Coles-Myer Ltd | These are my humble opinions alone. >53 Hoddle Street, Collingwood, | Tel: +61 3 483 7389. Fax: 483 7381 As far as I know UNIFACE will got from Mac -> UNIX, PC (windows) -> UNIX and UNIX -> UNIX and access Informix. Also the networking software is included so you do not need I-Net from what I am told. Stuart Litel