Re: Oracle ODBC Driver memory leak?

On Mon, 09 Aug 1999 07:25:10 GMT, shielsy_at_my-deja.com wrote:

>You are right about the memory leak. I have a support contract with
>Oracle here in Germany, and they have told me that the driver (even with
>the new 8.0.5.6 patch) does have a memory leak problem. They recommended
>that I shouldn't use their driver and that I should buy the Merant
>(www.merant.com) DataDirect ODBC driver. I downloaded the evaluation
>version of this driver and had no problems with memory leaks (although
>it seems a little slower).
>
>I think Oracle should have at least with version 8.0.5 of their driver
>have sorted these problems out by now. Hopefully they do something
>soon.
>
>Andy Shiels
>
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> We are experiencing memory leak with Oracle's 8.0.5.4 ODBC Driver.
>Same
>> codes do not have memory leak with non-Oracle ODBC driver. Does
>anybody have
>> any information about this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> txm

The leak is actually with Net8 and the ODBC driver. Oracle Support have had several TARs about this, and their non-solution (i.e. upgrade, instead of fix) means you have to go to 8.1.5.0.0 before you get a driver/Net8 combo that doesn't leak.

Ciao
Fuzzy
:-) Received on Mon Aug 09 1999 - 18:29:08 CDT