[THIN] Re: Using oracle databse with PS4. Will oracle continue to be supported ?

See I tried giving Citrix the benefit of the doubt.  <sigh>

Jeff


On 2/26/06, Rick Mack <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> The Oracle client runs fine on x64. Sounds like it's Citrix that dropped
> the ball, not Oracle.
>
> regards,
>
> Rick
>
> Ulrich Mack
> Volante Systems
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeff Pitsch
> *Sent:* Monday, 27 February 2006 2:05 AM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Using oracle databse with PS4. Will oracle continue
> to be supported ?
>
>  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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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