Local GUI Client Access to a Database
A user can log in to the database server by using a graphical client (which could be running on Windows, Macintosh, or a UNIX workstation). The graphical client then connects to the database server. In this case, the client is running on the user’s workstation. Figure 27.6 shows an example.
Figure 27.6. The user starts a GUI database program on the user’s workstation (hostname cheetah). This program, which is the database client, then connects to the database server running on the host simba.
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