Re: off-topic: (sorta) freebsd -> oracle, lightweight

He can use DBD::Proxy over DBI as he can use ODBC through
network; but at the end, he still has to have a box where
he can install oracle drivers (which are binaries, and
requier you to launch oracle java installer, as if you
were going to install the whole beast, then to choose
to only install a client machine).

Well, Jim, you've got plenty of choices: NT, Linux,
Solaris, AIX, Sco... maybe a few others. But the only
free OS seems to be Linux. Maybe you should take a
cheap intel PC and install linux + oracle client library
on it.

Regards
Fabrice Scemama

Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>
> I have absolutely no idea how well it works, but I think Perl/DBI has a
> "pass thru" module that can do this sort of thing...
>
> not sure if that helps much...
>
> -philip
>
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Jim Mercer wrote:
>
> >
> > i need to query some oracle tables from a freebsd system.
> >
> > is there a lightweight method to do this, or do i have no choice but to
> > put in the Oracle Linux stuff and use their API's?
> >
> > --
> > [ Jim Mercer jim(at)reptiles(dot)org +1 416 410-5633 ]
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> >

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