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To: Eric Liu <eliu@linkexchange.com>
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Subject: Re: Oracle Client
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On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Eric Liu wrote:

> At LinkExchange,
> We want to move our
> Servers over to FreeBSD, but
> We need to resolve one major issue:
> 
> How can we access our Oracle DB from FreeBSD?
access to sco Oracle from freebsd too easy :)

get 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 release of freebsd
read /usr/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ75.html 
nount sco:/u01 /u01
append .profile from oracle@sco to freebsd oracle user
copy /etc/tnsnames.ora from sco to freebsd
run ibcs2
run sqlplus or any apps builded with oracle ProC.