From: News.Hans@telus.net   
      
   On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:15:45 +0930, Andrew interested us by writing:   
      
   >   
   > Can I connect using only ODBC drivers?   
      
   Most ODBC drivers that I've seen still punt the request to an Oracle   
   networking client.   
      
   > Do I need an Oracle client on the pc workstation?   
      
   So yes, if you get ODBC drivers that came from Oracle, you still need to   
   install Oracle's SQL*Net, or Oracle Networking on the client that is   
   ocmpatible with the version on the OpenVMS.   
      
   > Do I need a dedicated DB2K oracle user account (multiple users of DB2K PC   
   > application) or do I need to add an oracle user account for each individual   
   > user?   
      
   Depends entirely on your business security model, If you want a remote   
   chance of detecting who accessed the Oracle database, then you probably   
   want per-individual userids.   
      
   Unless you already have the disks, it is likely going to be difficult to   
   fing the client software that will be compatible with a 7.3.2 version of   
   the database, since that version has been long desupported.  (I assume you   
   do not have Oracle Support contract, otherwise you would have upgraded to   
   at least 7.3.4).  IMO, your best hope is to find the local Oracle User   
   Groups and ask around there.   
      
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