Re: Can I mutiltask in a Win98 Client while running SQL queries?

From: Nat Kidder <kidder.nat_at_orbcomm.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 16:30:46 GMT
Message-ID: <s4t1tmtifkb149@corp.supernews.com>

Joseph H Sugden III wrote:
>
>
> I'm set up to use a win98 client to run queries. Whenever I run a query
> through SQL* or Worksheet, Win98 becomes fairly unworkable--slow--and
> sometimes stuck, and the task manager says SQL* is not responding until
the
> query finishes.
>
> My system is PII-400 w/ 384MB ram, so ram or processor is probably not to
> blame. The work is really done server side anyway.
>
> Has anyone had success multi-tasking in win95/98 while running queries
and
> what was the setup? Switching to NT workstation is being considered,
but I
> didn't want to go through the trouble if there is an easy fix. What
about
> 98SE? Thanks
>
> for direct reply remove ".no.spam"
> jsugden_at_netmeg.no.spam.net
>
>

You might want to switch to a Windows NT client. NT handles multitasking much better than does Windows 9x.

If you do, make sure the hardware is on Microsoft's hardware compatibility list. You can find it on Microsoft's home web page.

Nat
Rockville, Maryland

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