[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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