DB Link to Excel

Hi,
I need to be able to connect to excel via warehouse builder. I have been searching the web all morning trying to find detailed instructions on how to setup hetrogenous services / transparent gateways, can any one supply me with detailed instructions on how to do this or point me to where I could get this information.
Thanks again...
Regards
Paul Heath

Paul,
You can connect to excel by using the generic connectivity feature of the database through ODBC. This is a feature of the Oracle 9i database and you don't have to install anything, it is intended to cover all the data sources which are not specifically covered by the transparent gateways and are accessible either by OLE DB or by ODBC (such as excel). You will need the ODBC driver on the excel side (there are a lot of vendors, take a look at this one, for example: http://www.datadirect-technologies.com/products/odbc/odbcindex.asp ). Also you will have to set up generic connectivity on the Oracle side. Take a look at the gateway documentation at http://otn.oracle.com/products/gateways/content.html .
Regards:
Igor

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