Thanks Hans,   
      
   I realise 7.3 is no longer supported and unfortunately I do not have the   
   disks.  I don't known though if my client has an Oracle Support contract or   
   the supporting disks. I will have to find out.   
      
   Thanks, you have been most helpful.   
      
   Regards   
   Andrew Zac.   
      
   "HansF"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2005.08.20.12.43.36.946544@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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