Wow, when Citrix decides to make a mistake they really grab the bull by the horns. what possible reason would they have for not support Citrix. Is it a case of Oracle not having windows 64-bit compatibility yet? Jeff On 2/26/06, Rick Mack <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > Mathew Glenn posted the following on the Citrix support forum: > > Re: x64 with Oracle database > Posted: Feb 6, 2006 9:33 PM > > I've done a bunch of testing on this before reading that little footnote > in the readme (I feel dumb). What I found is basically, nothing Oracle works > for a datastore using MPS x64. Here are my results: > > Note: Existing farm, other servers with mps 4 are connecting using Oracle > 10.1 client just fine to the same datastore database. This server is being > configured identically. > > Oracle 10.2 64 bit client: MPS 4 x64 install does not see the Oracle > client as an option (because the IMA services in MPS x64 are actually 32 > bit, and hence talk to 32 bit ODBC, so it can't see a 64 bit client). > "DSMAINT config /user:blah /pwd:blah /dsn:blah" gives an error: "cannot > connect to datastore". I had to manually create the DSN since the install > didn't see Oracle. > > Oracle 10.2 32 bit client: MPS 4 x64 install allows you to configure for > an Oracle datastore, but when starting the IMA service at the end of the > install, you receive the error: "cannot connect to datastore".. > > "DSMAINT config /user:blah /pwd:blah /dsn:blah" gives an error: "cannot > connect to datastore". > > Oracle 10.1 32 bit client: Same as "Oracle 10.2 32 bit client". > Oracle 9.2 32 bit client: Same as "Oracle 10.2 32 bit client". > > So it appears that it indeed does not work. If I find a way to get around > this, I'll post a reply. My guess is that Citrix will probably have a patch > soon that enables this, since there are many customers using Oracle for a > datastore. > > regards, > > Rick > > Ulrich Mack > Volante Systems > > > ________________________________ > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Ruben Spruijt > Sent: Sun 26/02/2006 18:39 > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: Using oracle databse with PS4. Will oracle continue to > be supported ? > > > > Hi, > > > > It this question not in relation with Citrix PS 4.0 for Windows Server > 2003 x64 ?. > > In the readme file is stated no Oracle support.. > > > > Ruben > > > > ________________________________ > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Jeff Pitsch > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:15 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: Using oracle databse with PS4. Will oracle continue to > be supported ? > > > > First I've heard of Oracle being removed. I would find that highly > suspect unless it came from summit solution last month. Oracle is one (if > not the) largest database systems in the world. If anything, DB2 would be > removed far sooner than Oracle. > > > > Jeff > > > > On 2/25/06, Andy <andysideas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I heard that Citrix are removing oracle support. I can't figure what to > search for to validate this either way. > > > > Is anyone here using Oracle databse with PS4 ? > > Do you have Real Application Cluster ? > > > > Reason for asking, we already have the licences in place and the experts > to hand for Oracle. We don't have the money or experts for MS SQL > clustering. > > > > > > ##################################################################################### > This e-mail, including all attachments, may be confidential or > privileged. Confidentiality or privilege is not waived or lost because this > e-mail has been sent to you in error. If you are not the intended recipient > any use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have > received it in error please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail > and destroy all copies of this e-mail and any attachments. All liability > for direct and indirect loss arising from this e-mail and any attachments is > hereby disclaimed to the extent permitted by law. > > ##################################################################################### > >