Re: Oracle/Informix Synonyms

I suggest that you investigate SQL*WINDOWS of Gupta. You will be able to open two database links [ie one for oracle and one for informix] in the same windows environment. From the end users point of view they will be accessing one logical database. Cheers, Jeff Cerrafon -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ jeff.cerrafon@bellsouth.co.nz (email address) +64-9-357-5158 (Direct Line) +64-21-685158 (Mobile Phone) +64-9-357-1697 (Fax) +64-21-685157 (Mobile Fax) My Homepage => http://iconz.co.nz/~cerrafon <= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nicholas Heesters wrote: > > If I run Oracle on some box (say, a Sun), is there some kind of synonym > facility I can use to access tables in a remote Informix database (say, > running on an HP)? If so, can this access be extended to manipulating > Informix BLOB space via Oracle as well? > > Thanks, > Nick Heesters