need to connect SQL Server 2k to Oracle 8.9

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Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:

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Andy (andymilk (AT) gmail (DOT) com) wrote:

: 1. Connect to Oracle directly via ODBC

: For option #1 above, will Oracle ODBC Rdb Release 3.2.0.0 connect to
: Oracle 8.9?

I wouldn't think so, the Rdb driver connects to RDB.

RDB was a competing product from Digital that runs on VMS (VAX and Alpha).
Oracle bought it when Digital went bankrupt, so it is an Oracle database
product now (suported and everything), but it's not at all the same thing
as _the_ Oracle database (6, 7, 8i, 9i, 10G ... etc etc).

What the heck is Oracle 8.9?

Rdb is where Oracle got all of it's good stuff from like RAC, CBO,
Partitioning to name a few. It got CRS from Tru64/OpenVMS and for a
very long time - would run circles around Oracle RDBMS and in some apps
still does...

Actually DEC never went bankrupt - the CEO et al just sold the best
parts of the company so Compaq could buy it... It was truly a sad day
in Technology history.

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Re: need to connect SQL Server 2k to Oracle 8.9 - 03-18-2008 , 09:26 PM