Tom, Yes, I've used the Gateway and it worked reliably well. The only thing I can think to mention offhand is that, since many SQL Server object names are in lower or mixed case, you have to remember to double-quote them when accessing from Oracle (e.g., select * from "employees"@gateway_link). --=20 Paul Baumgartel paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxx On 5/9/05, Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) <Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, >=20 > We have a new requirement where an Oracle database application will need > recurring data from a SqlServer database. By recurring data I mean that > every day, there will be new data placed into a sqlserver database, and > that this data will need to be available from the Oracle database. >=20 > Has anyone used the Oracle Gateway to SqlServer product? Does it work > well? Is this a better option than an export, sql Loader, and PL/SQL > process option? Any obvious problems using this product? >=20 > Thanks >=20 > Tom -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l