title: Realtime data transfer between two or more Oracle databases
body: <p>Currently we have four applications runnings on either Oracle 10g or 9i and use OAQ for data transfer but Oracle Streams for within day data transfer.  Streams is currently viewed as bringing tight coupling between the applications and such will not be our method of choice going forward.  </p>
  
  <p>What I would like to know is </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>is the assumption about streams correct ?</li>
  <li>what other methods or tools should be considered to replace this functionality?</li>
  </ol>