Re: Vb connectivity to ORACLE

Hi

I have written some VB/Oracle applications. You can use the data aware controls to have the job done easier, but using direct ODBC API calls gives you much more flexibility. I have used mostly ODBC API's and dont recall any "horror" stories. If you understand what you are doing it is not that difficult. Also, I have found the performance much better than when I used VB controls.

I had some more work at the beginning, but with well structured code, which I could easily reuse, adding more list boxes/combo boxes/grids or writing subsequent applications was not a big problem (at least connectivity and interaction with the database).

The method you choose depends on what you need to do. Personally, I think any control is good/very good for something, but even using the most flexible ones you can always find limitations.

Witold Iwaniec
Software Developer
NovaLIS Technologies
wiwaniec_at_novalis.ca Received on Mon Nov 11 1996 - 00:00:00 CST