Take a look at Oracle Hetergeneous Services. There are a few ways to implement this but the most straightforward seems to be to create an ODBC datasource for your MS object and then create a local Oracle Hetergeneous service and listener. Once you have done this you can create tnsnames entries and db links to the listener in the normal fashion. Cheers, Ian |---------+-----------------------------> | | ltiu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx| | | Sent by: | | | oracle-l-bounce@fr| | | eelists.org | | | | | | | | | 13/10/2008 12:17 | | | Please respond to | | | ltiu | | | | |---------+-----------------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | | cc: | | Subject: DBLink MS SQL Server, Access, Excel ODBC and Oracle together? | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Hi guys, Is there a way for me to somehow create a "dblink" between different databases (MS SQL Server, Acess, Excel ODBC and Oracle) and access these through a single sql interface and join the tables from different databases into views? Thanks. -- Lyndon Tiu -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the Government Secure Intranet anti-virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2007/11/0032.) In case of problems, please call your organisation’s IT Helpdesk. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes. For the latest data on the economy and society consult National Statistics at http://www.statistics.gov.uk ********************************************************************************* Please Note: Incoming and outgoing email messages are routinely monitored for compliance with our policy on the use of electronic communications ********************************************************************************* Legal Disclaimer : Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the Office for National Statistics ********************************************************************************* The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2007/11/0032.) On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes. ��i��0���zX���+��n��{�+i�^