Depending on what you are using the database for, what platform you are
using it on, and the interface being used, you will have varying degrees
of success.
I work on Oracle databases all day as my job. However, these are Linux
based databases, I use JAWS and ssh into the boxes where the databases
live, and thus the databases are 100% accessible because I just query the
database directly through sqlplus.
I will say that Oracle has done quite a lot of work in making their stuff
accessible. Once you get the access bridge installed, even their java
based forms, and other application software is quite accessible. I will
give one huge example.
I use their Grid Manager every day. This is a java-based web-based
application that allows me to monitor all aspects of all the databases we
manage. There are lots of nice spiffy graphs which, are obviously not
accessible. However, right at the top of each graph is a link to click on
that shows you a table of the data displayed in the graph. So, although I
can't see the graph I can look at the data directly.
Since MySQL is now owned by Oracle, hopefully they will work on the
accessibility of that platform as well.
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Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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