I asked a similar question here a while back (HSODBC connection to informix), admittedly the initial googling and metalinking seemed circular... I found this document to work perfectly 245549.1 . Be sure to follow it to the letter, its actually easier to do than than the document makes it sound. This also assumes you will aquire 3 party (your system) odbc drivers.
note 245549.1 = How to setup generic connectivity - HSODBC - on (your platform) in this case Sun solaris
HSODBC = hetrogeneous services via odbc hth Bob -- "Oracle error messages being what they are, do not highlight the correct cause of fault, but will identify some other error located close to where the real fault lies." Sweetser, Joe wrote:
Hi all - I am in the "conception" stage of setting up Heterogeneous Services (HS) from a 9.2.0.8 Linux database to a MSSQL 2000 (v 8.00.2039) database. I need to pull data from MSSQL into Oracle. I've been OTN'ing, RTFM'ing, metalink'ing and google'ing but am still fuzzy about exactly what I need to do. Figure 7-1 in http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96544/gencon.ht m#1656 is the closest I can find to what I am trying to accomplish. This also seems close to what I am trying to do: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_heterogeneous_database_connections_sql_serve r.htm. The query will initiate from the Oracle side. A few questions: 1. Do I need to install/run an Oracle listener on the MSSQL box? 2. Do I need to get a 3rd party ODBC driver for my Oracle/Linux server? If so, any vendor/freeware/shareware recommendations are appreciated. I've been poking around the DataDirect.com site so far. 3. I see many references to the hsodbc "program". Is this really a program/executable or just the way to tell the listener to use the HS that are configured in the Oracle database? 4. Last, any pointers/links to docs are appreciated.
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