Generic Heterogeneous Services

I’m trying to implement Heterogeneous Services using the generic
ODBC driver supplied with Oracle 8.1.7. I am attempting to
connect to a ForPro database running on a NT server from Solaris
5.7 running Oracle 8.1.7. Up to this point I have not been able
to properly configure the Listener so that it will run with the
non-Oracle listener information in the Listener.ora file. I get
an error (TNS-12545) “Connect failed because target host of
object does not exist”
Has anyone tried to connect to FoxPro on an NT server?
Were you able to do this with the generic ODBC driver supplied
by Oracle?
Can you post a copy of the relevant sections of the Listener.ora
and tnsnames.ora files?
If using an after-market ODBC driver, which one did you use?
Any help supplied will be greatly appreciated. I have very
little time to determine if it is possible to make this
connection and to get it working.

I wouldn't think so these days ... however, you could try posting this in the heterogeneous services - which is somewhere on OTN.
If it we me, I'd convert the DBF into something easier to use with Oracle : like XML or CSV

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HSODBC/DG4ODBC is generic connectivity and you find the generic setup in:
Note.109730.1 How to setup generic connectivity (HSODBC) for 32 bit Windows (Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003)
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Using Oracle Heterogenous services to access sql server database table

I have created a dblink 'POC_HS' from oracle to sql (implemented heterogeneous services) and I am able to successfully pull out data from the default database that the DSN(for sql server) is connected to.
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Thanks for the info.
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1. select * Abc.Test@POC_HS
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ivalum21

.Using Oracle Heterogeneous Services Connectivity to SQL Server :ORA-02068

Hi,
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step by step
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(SID_DESC=
(SID_NAME=HSSQL)
(ORACLE_HOME = C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server)
(PROGRAM=hsodbc)
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(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = CEPITA1403.siam.local)(PORT = 1521))
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(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = CEPITA1403.siam.local)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = HSSQL)
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Start --> Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Data Sources (ODBC)
Click on the ‘System DSN’ tab.
Click ‘Add’.
Name HSSQL
Click ‘Test Data Source…’.--> Pass
5
create public database link HSSQL
connect to sa
identified by xxxxxxxx
using 'HSSQL';
Database Link created.
6. select * from ACCOUNT_CODE@HSSQL;
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rose
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Do you have all of your parameter files set up correctly?
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Managing Heterogenous Services Using Generic Connectivity
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select * from dealer@ioi
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I am very new at this topic, I want to know:
1)Oracle Heterogeneous Services and Oracle Gateway same or not?Need license or not?
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Joe,
let copy/paste your questions and comment inline:
1)Oracle Heterogeneous Services and Oracle Gateway same or not?Need license or not?
Let me first clarify one thing, heterogeneous services is the generic mechanism in the Oracle database used by all gateways. The product you are talking about is the Database Gateway for ODBC or the Database Gateway for Sybase.
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2)If want Creating Database Link from Oracle 11g to Sybase AS 15.5 Using Oracle Heterogeneous Services what drivers should I install from my pc(windows 7) and from my server(Linux red hat 5)?please give me link for this
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The ODBC driver installation differs from vendor to vendor and platform to platform - so we don't have a specific note how to configure the ODBC driver. This kind of question is better handled by the ODBC driver vendor.
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How to Configure DG4SYBS (Oracle Database Gateway for Sybase) on 64bit Unix (Linux, AIX, HP-UX Itanium and Solaris) Post Install          [Document 437696.1]
How to Setup DG4SYBS (Database Gateway for Sybase) on a 64bit Windows          [Document 1319852.1]
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- Klaus

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HOACONN.C (295): ; Class version: 211
hoagprd (2): ; hoagprd Exited with retcode = 0.
hoaexit (6): ; hoaexit Entered.
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