* Fred Crowson <fred.crow...@gmail.com> [101007 12:12]: > Hi misc@ > > Can any one share any wisdom on connecting to an Oracle DB from OpenBSD? > > Thanks > > Fred >
Typically, applications leverage the Oracle client libraries to connect to the database. Oracle does not provide these libraries for OpenBSD. A couple options: Perl DBI Proxy Linux Oracle client running under emulation Perhaps ODBC (however I believe this needs the Oracle client too) I have used the Perl DBI Proxy option successfully. The caveat is increased complexity since you need the proxy running on a host with the Oracle client. Just more parts to break/manage. One other thought, change databases to Postgresql, MySQL, or SQL Server which all have client software in the ports tree. Best regards, jim@
