Re: Oracle & Visual Basic [ ODBC or ! ODBC ] ?

From: Rick Brown <rick_at_onramp.net>
Date: 1997/05/26
Message-ID: <rick.67.00086B66@onramp.net>#1/1

In article <33887333.2AA4_at_hp.com> Patrick Dockhorn <Patrick_Dockhorn_at_hp.com> writes:
>From: Patrick Dockhorn <Patrick_Dockhorn_at_hp.com>
>Subject: Oracle & Visual Basic [ ODBC or ! ODBC ] ?
>Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 19:13:23 +0200

>Hi,

>does anyone know of a (preferably free) product or way
>to access an Oracle database from a Visual Basic application ?
>I guess there is a solution using ODBC, but I would be
>particularly interested in a solution that avoids this
>bottleneck-technology.

I don't agree with your characterization of ODBC as a bottleneck technology, but you may want to try Oracle Objects for OLE, available from the Oracle web site.

It's a VB-friendly replacement for the Jet + ODBC combination.

Rick Brown
rick_at_onramp.net Received on Mon May 26 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT