Re: DRDA, network protocol, and documentation

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> Marc Lavergne <mlavergn@richlava.com> writes:
> > This would involve far more than just a SQL*Net listener. Given the the 
> > syntactic differences between Oracle and PostgreSQL, a whole 
> > compatibility layer beyond the listener would be needed to allow for 
> > interoperability. The listener piece would be relatively small potatoes 
> > compared to building an Oracle<>PostgreSQL syntax translator or a 
> > compatibility layer (the number of "bug" reports something like this is 
> > capable of generating gives me cold sweats).
> 
> Yup.  There are some people fooling with a more-Oracle-compatible parser
> (eg, Oracle-style outer join syntax) but I fear that just scratches the
> surface of trying to make something that's plug-compatible enough to
> make Oracle users happy.
>
> Still, having a SQL*Net listener would be a step forward, if anyone
> cared to work on it.
> 
>             regards, tom lane

I have reverse engineered TDS (the MS/Sybase equivalent) so I assume 
someone can do the same with SQL*Net/NET8 but that someone won't be me, we 
are a Sybase/DB2 shop.

Brian