On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:05:23 +0100, andreas.haunschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <andreas.haunschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear List Members! > > A collegue of mine not having access to this list=20 > needs to exchange data between an Oracle 9 and a Microsoft SQL-Server = > database.=20 > As far as I know he needs only to access SQL-Server data from Oracle. > He would like to know about the experiences people made using > Oracle heterogeneous services for that purpose. > > I would be thankful if anyone liked to share his/her experiences, > and knowledge about reliability, performance,pitfalls and other = > "special"=20 > features in a production environment. One 'special' feature is that HS costs money at 15k per processor. There is a 'free' alternative called generic connectivity (see http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com/archive/2004_07_01_archives.html) for a quick guide. SQL Server itself comes with a rather good offering called DTS (Data Transformation Services) which is also free. HS allows you to do a bunch of useful things, but to be honest I wouldn't pay for it, but use an alternative Niall -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l