Oracle, by Oracle Corporation (http://www.oracle.com/), is a very popular database based on the client-server model.

Oracle offers several database products with varying capabilities that can be used with Bentley Substation . Although there are significant differences between these products, the Bentley Substation issues revolve around the following questions:

• Is access required to a local or remote (on a server) database?
• Will access be required from several different types of systems?

The following is a partial listing of Oracle products and requirements for their use with local and remote (on a server) databases:

* Required to support remote clients