Re: Oracle ODBC performance SUCKS!@

On Sun, 03 May 1998 08:32:56 -0400, Tim Romano <tim_at_aimsdata.com> wrote:

>Bubba,
>As you say yourself, your tests were informal and not
>scientific, so you should not jump to conclusions,
>especially to the conclusion that one product or
>another is trash. The quality of ODBC drivers has
>varied greatly over the past two years, both among
>vendors and among versions released by the same vendor.
>Moreover, what worked well one month did not always
>work well the next. Assorted problems with ODBC drivers
>have taught me this lesson: avoid ODBC, if you can,
>when there's real work to be done. Since your customer
>already owns Oracle 8, take a look at Oracle Objects
>for OLE (aka OO4O).
>
>I'm not using Oracle 8 yet -- but OO4O works very well
>with Oracle 7. Someone in the know please inform me if
>I've given Bubba a bum steer with respect to OO4O and
>Oracle 8.
>
>Tim Romano

Nope, works fine with Oracle 8 - given that the current 2.2.3.x version is still not Oracle 8 aware, (and won't be until 3.0/8.0 whatever version they call it). Received on Mon May 04 1998 - 09:26:48 CDT