Re: VB5.0---->Oracle7

From: Mark Wagoner <mwagoner_at_iac.net>
Date: 1997/05/06
Message-ID: <5ko6q8$4pv$1@ocoee.iac.net>#1/1

Jay Ramadorai <jayr_at_softwarebuilders.com> wrote:

>Anyone out there connecting from VB5.0 to Oracle7 on a remote server?
>What are the tools needed to do this? VB5.0 seems to have a lot of
>buzzwords like RDO, ODBCDirect,JET, DAO, etc. What are the pro's and
>con's of these various options? Any non-ODBC solutions?

>Also, anyone out there using VB5.0 ActiveX "VBD"s over the internet? Can
>these ActiveX things connect to databases over the internet?

>Any tidbits, however seemingly irrelevant, are welcome.
>Thanks
>Jay Ramadorai
>jayr_at_softwarebuilders.com

Your best option is to use Oracle's Oracle Objects for OLE. It will give you the most capability and speed, plus there is no ODBC hassels. All the others are just ODBC interfaces, except JET which uses and Access table as sort-of cache for a corresponding Oracle table. Avoid this at all costs.

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Mark Wagoner
mwagoner_at_medplus.com (work)
mwagoner_at_iac.net     (life)

Received on Tue May 06 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT