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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:21:35 -0700
From: Allen Campbell <allenc@bamboo.verinet.com>
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To: allenc@verinet.com, freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG, rhughes@anteon.com
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Oracle Access via JDBC
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> 
> They provide an OCI based driver that does require the SQL*Net 
> libraries on the client side (I have those, BTW).
>

Binaries for FreeBSD?

> 
> They also provide what they describe as a "thin" JDBC driver that 
> *does not* require  SQL*Net.  It's a native Java class and uses Java 
> sockets.
> 

I was not aware of this.  This is where the real payoff of Java
appears.  Vendors such as Oracle neglect the free OSes; here they
support us by default.


  Allen Campbell
  allenc@verinet.com


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