"corey lawson" <corey.lawson_at_worldnet.att.com> wrote in message
news:3c8c279a.32456773_at_netnews.att.net...
> Well, ODBC (and ADO to a lesser extent) is so focused to Microsoft SQL
> Server & Jet...
>
> MS' only obligation to having MSDAORA is to satisfy people who "have"
> to use Oracle, and can't (or won't) 'choose' SQL Server.
>
> Oracle should have the reference OleDB and ODBC drivers, not Merant,
> Microsoft or anybody else. That's just a bad move on Oracle's part,
> imho.
They do however have oledb and odbc drivers. the current ones perform well
and support the database better than msdaora. moreover they have oo4o which
is an alternative database access technology tuned for oracle on the windows
platform. it also performs well. Bottom line is Oracle provide good
connectivity solutions for windows developers using both MS and Oracle
proprietory API's. They also provide pretty good JDBC drivers. The original
suggestion that Oracle lock people in to Oracle solutions by providing poor
MS compatible interfaces is just wrong.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Mon Mar 11 2002 - 16:10:03 CST
