When I tested HS (Oracle to DB2), we needed good drivers. In stepped Data Direct, which proved to be a not so insignificant extra cost item for what we wanted to get out of it. Joel Patterson Database Administrator 904 727-2546 ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tanel Poder Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:09 PM To: ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Oracle L Subject: Re: HS licensing (WAS: Oracle to SQL Server) Of course - the heterogenous services is even simpler to set up than the Gateway for ODBC. You just need to find ODBC Drivers for your platform. I used the Transparent Gateway for ODBC recently because the client didn't want to install any extra software to a database server (db servers are for DBs only, right) so we used a gateway on an app server for that. Tanel. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Taylor, Chris David <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: AFAIK it is free. HS has always been free in the past. Gateway Service is different and is not free. Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rich Jesse Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1:59 PM To: Oracle L Subject: HS licensing (WAS: Oracle to SQL Server) All this fun talk about ORA<->SS -- anyone have links pointing to licensing requirements for HS? The closest I can find is mention of "Generic Connectivity" in the Oracle Database 10g Product Family white paper. Thanks! Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Tanel Poder http://blog.tanelpoder.com