Is rev Oracle support just a joke?

[Sakari Ruoho]

My Mac is an Intel mac indeed and has instant client installed. I also 
tried to connect with similar string on my work with Windows client and 
could not connect. What is Rosetta may I ask?

Jan Schenkel wrote:
> The server shouldn't be the difference, it's the Rev client. Is this client on MaxOSX running on Intel by any chance? I seem to recall that the RevDB driver for Oracle couldn't be updated because the underlying library for Intel hadn't been released yet by Oracle itself.
>
> Aha, just dug up entry 7102 in the Quality Center <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=7102> which confirms that theory. However, there is now an InstantCLient available for MacOSX on Intel:
> <http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/macos/index.html>
>
> So first try to run Rev inside Rosetta, and if that works, then the problem is indeed the non-existing Intel driver. In which case, you should email support at runrev.com to ask for an update to this driver; and also ask Mark Schonewille to re-open the entry in the Quality Center.
>
> Jan Schenkel
> =====
> Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution
> <http://www.quartam.com>
>
> =====
> "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Sakari Ruoho <sakari at neurocard.fi> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Sakari Ruoho <sakari at neurocard.fi>
>> Subject: Re: Is rev Oracle support just a joke?
>> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 12:02 PM
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> thanks for the reply, I was already given up the hope for
>> connecting 
>> Oracle. Here's the string I'm using to connect the
>> database.
>>
>> revOpenDatabase("oracle", "localhost", "ORCL", "sakari",
>> "test") ORCL 
>> being the SID, sakari the username and test the password.
>> I'm using 
>> oracle 10g on OS X 10.5, but did also try to connect Oracle
>> on Solaris.
>>
>>  I did try several variation of that same string with port
>> number 
>> defined etc. The string works with other programs like
>> SQLDeveloper, but 
>> I'm not a dba so dunno all the tricks. If you could help me
>> out, that 
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> With best regards,
>>
>> Sakari
>>
>> Jan Schenkel wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Sakari,
>>>
>>> Oracle support for Revolution is not a joke - I'm
>>>       
>> assuming you have an Enterprise license otherwise you can't
>> connect to Oracle anyway.
>>     
>>> First of all, on which platform and cpu architecture
>>>       
>> are you working?
>>     
>>> Secondly, what version of Oracle are you trying to
>>>       
>> connect to?
>>     
>>> Thirdly, can you give us the exact code you're using
>>>       
>> to connect?
>>     
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Jan Schenkel
>>> =====
>>> Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution
>>> <http://www.quartam.com>
>>>
>>> =====
>>> "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish
>>>       
>> at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)
>>     
>>> --- On Mon, 10/26/09, Sakari Ruoho <sakari at neurocard.fi>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>    
>>>       
>>>> From: Sakari Ruoho <sakari at neurocard.fi>
>>>> Subject: Is rev Oracle support just a joke?
>>>> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>>> Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 11:35 PM
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> this question has been raising to my mind mind
>>>> lately.  I have not been
>>>> able to connect Oracle with Revolution using the
>>>>         
>> normal
>>     
>>>> connection
>>>> identifiers. So my question is if the Revolution
>>>>         
>> really is
>>     
>>>> supporting
>>>> Oracle connections or is it just a hoax? It could
>>>>         
>> be that
>>     
>>>> I'm making the
>>>> mistake when trying to connect the db, but then
>>>>         
>> again
>>     
>>>> there's no documentation to tell me if so and I
>>>>         
>> don't think
>>     
>>>> the idea is code my own OCI interface for Oracle?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> With best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Sakari Ruoho
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>         
>>>        
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