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From: corpspt@oracle.com (David E. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Any Existing Replicating Databases?
Summary: Oracle has table replication
Keywords: replicating databases
Message-ID: <1990Feb13.212138.10186@oracle.com>
Date: 13 Feb 90 21:21:38 GMT
References: <275@gollum.UUCP>
Sender: danderso@oracle.com (David E. Anderson)
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Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont CA
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In article <275@gollum.UUCP> wasmith@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Wayne A. Smith) writes:
>Are there any existing databases (products or research
>prototypes) that feature replication? That is, are there
>any databases that allow two copies on a network to be
>maintained strongly consistent with each other? When one
>is updated, that change is propogated to its copy(ies).
>  
>Thanks in advance to any who respond.
> 
>Wayne Smith
>E&M Columbia
>NCR Corporation
>wasmith@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM

The Advanced Services organization within Oracle Corporation sells a table
replication facility that is an add-on to the kernel.  I do not know the 
details, so you would have to contact someone at a sales office for literature.

David