Re: Vb connectivity to ORACLE

From: N Prabhakar <prabhs_at_po.pacific.net.sg>
Date: 1996/11/11
Message-ID: <5671aj$i3v@newton.pacific.net.sg>#1/1

G_Laslett_at_motherwell.com.au (Greg Laslett) wrote:
>
>We are interested in using VB as a front end/forms development
>tool to an Oracle 7 database.
>
>Are there widgets/methods available to permit direct interaction
>perhaps via SQLNET.
>
>I've heard some horror stories about trying to use ODBC as a
>connectivity layer and would prefer a simple solution that
>involves the fewest possible 'middleman' layers.
>

There is a product ORACLE*Glue, which is used with VB and even with Microsoft Excel. This product is quite similar to Pro*C. Oracle Glue directly talks to sql*net and you can use any valid SQL statements, stored procedures, packages and functions.

We have used ORACLE*glue with VB and the database is 7.1.6. Using Glue is very useful during programming because of its flexiblity over ODBC.

Regards

N.Prabhakar
Socgen Crosby Securities
Singapore Received on Mon Nov 11 1996 - 00:00:00 CST