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From: cws@FTP.COM (Cris Shuldiner)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: client/server database PC<->Unix via packetdrivers?
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Date: 11 May 91 16:55:09 GMT
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    do any of the mainstream databases (Oracle, Informix, etc...)
    have a packet driver version of their PC based UI's? 
    
    i think it's wonderful that they have PC<->mini interaction, but
    can this be achieved in a non-proprietary environment? 
    
    i would like to run an Oracle or Informix PC front end and have
    it actually fetch the data from a remote Unix system.
    
    it would be nice if the frontend used the packet driver like NCSA
    telnet or CUTCP telnet.

Oracle, Informix, and a number of other Database companies have
ported their PC Front Ends to a variety of TCP/IP protocol stacks.  I
am not familiar with who Informix will work with (Other than our
PC/TCP product), but I do know that Oracle's front end has been
ported to the following stacks:

	3+Open TCP, *Excelan's LanWorkPlace TCP/IP (rel 3.3, rev B or
	later), PC/TCP (ver 2.03 or later), and Ungermann-Bass TCP-PC
	(rel 16). 

* I don't know if this will work with the Novell version of this.

Of the above listed stacks, PC/TCP is the only one that I know for
sure has a packet driver interface.  If you have any further
questions on this subject that the database companies can't answer,
please feel free to write me.

Cris Shuldiner						Technical Support
cws@ftp.com						FTP Software, Inc.
Ph: (617) 246-2920					Fax: (617) 245-7943
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