HP moving to next
Oracle 7 release
CSY has engineers working on the port of Oracle 7.3.4 according
to Jennie Hou, the manager of the HP 3000-Oracle relationship.
“The porting resources are still engaged in
7.3.4,” she said,
which HP expects to be available to 3000 customers within
calendar
1998. Version 7.3.2.31 is currently shipping for both
MPE/iX 5.0
and 5.5 HP 3000s, along with the 4.0.1 version of the
Oracle Transparent
Gateway. The gateway provides access from Oracle databases to
Allbase/SQL as well as TurboIMAGE, so data in those HP
databases
can be used in Oracle applications. Transactional-level locking
is available with the current release to deliver more
granularity.
There has been no announcement of an Oracle 8 port from
CSY yet,
“because customer needs are being met by Oracle
7,” Hou said.
Oracle-based applications are ready for the HP 3000 in
manufacturing,
financials and human resources, and Oracle plays a part in data
warehousing solutions for MPE/iX.
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