Richard,
> You might want to search the mailing list archives for discussion of an
> oracle version of dblink - I seem to remember someone saying they were
> working on such a thing.
Yes, it'll be out sometime after 7.4. According to their posts in August,
it's in alpha right now and just barely didn't make it into the 7.4 source.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco