[Info-vax] VSI working on alternatives to Oracle Classic database
Arne Vajhøj
arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Jan 20 15:30:40 EST 2021
On 1/20/2021 2:51 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 1/20/21 11:11 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> What I found interesting is the SQL Relay software. Without knowing
>> much about it, it still seems to be a solution, for those willing to
>> use third party software.
>
> It's a library that speaks its own network protocol to a remote proxy
> agent that in turn talks to the remote database. It might not have been
> that hard to port the client. For people already calling a C API or
> something built on one, it could be a solution that is not too painful.
> But for people using a SQL precompiler for one of the traditional
> languages, there's a lot of pain headed their way.
So it would be:
app VMS
SQL Relay client
|
(SQL Relay protocol) -----
|
SQL Relay proxy Linux
Oracle client
|
(Oracle protocol) -----
|
Oracle DB Linux
?
Arne
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