[Info-vax] VSI working on alternatives to Oracle Classic database

[Craig A. Berry]

On 1/20/21 2:30 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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
> 
> ?

That is my understanding.  Read all about it here:

<http://sqlrelay.sourceforge.net>