How can replication be used for external non SQL data???

  • I have data stored in a oracle rdb DB and I want it ported to a SQL DB so that at any time the SQL data will reflect what happening in the oracel RDB DB.

  • Your question doesn't make sense!

    What exactly are you trying to achieve?

    Do you want the ORACLE Database to Replicated to SQL Server? OR Vice Versa?


    Kindest Regards,

  • Thanks for the reply. I want to use the replication feature of SQL server 2000 to house data from an oracle RDB(ver 6.1 - previously DEC RDB) DB - so i want the oracle DB to be replicated to SQL. Can this be done? If not, how otherwise can one achieve replicating data in other datasources to SQL Server 2000.

  • Hi,

    I want to replicate the data from oracle 9.2.0.1 database to sql server 2000? How can it be done?

    Thanks in advance.

     

  • GA,

    If your requirement is to Replicate an ORACLE Database to a SQL Server Database then doesn't this have to be done from the ORACLE side? Surely ORACLE like most serious RDBMS Systems has a Replication feature!

    If ORACLE does Have replication then for peets sake whay are you asking this question? Your mission is to configure the ORACLE Server to replicate a Database to a SQL Server!

    SQL Server does have the ability to replicate to other datasources however I cannot speak for ORACLE or any other RDBMS.


    Kindest Regards,

  • MrSQL,

  • MrSQL,

  • MrSql , sorry about the other two - very generous with the return key. The DB(RDB v6.1 a digital product now taken over by oracle so therefore not a true oracle DB) I want to replicate does not have a replication feature, so how I see it is that the publication must be populated from RDB via one of the oledb providers, subscriptions can then map this publication. What means are there to keep this publication up-to-date at all times. I'm very new to SQL Server 2000 so excuse me if my inexperience is showing. Has anyone done this before? Can you have a publication in SQL Server that is populated from an external datasource? If so, how is this done?

  • If RDB v6.1 does not have a replication feature then you can't do it! I can't believe how stupid some companys are to have such crap RDBMS such as RDB v6.1! I've never heard of it! There are 3 serious players in the RDBMS arena! They are SQL Server, Oracle and DB2. The rest are CRAP!

    Now.....Having said all that, your best bet is to try doing this using DTS. Have a go with DTS, I know you can achieve this via DTS. However, if you want the data to be real time like replication offers then DTS is no good to you! So failing all this, then it's up to you to convince management to get rid of that CRAP RDBMS and migrate it to SQL Server!


    Kindest Regards,

  • I have not tried to replicate to Oracle, might be worth a post in the newsgroups to get some MS help. I know there is a least one 3rd party product that does cross db platform replication.

  • Rdb crap??? You better do your homework. Before there was Sqlserver or Oracle there was Rdb. Many features youre using today with sqlserver or oracle are designed by (digital) Oracle rdbms.

    michel

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