Re: JDBC OCI Oracle Driver

Another thing to note is that the thin driver only supports TCP/IP as the network protocol. If you want to use TCP/IP with SSL, or Named Pipes, then you have to use the JDBC OCI driver.

Cheers,
Dave

"Brian Peasland" <oracle_dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:3EDF6290.53DB8F97_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...
> The thin driver is also used in Java Applets depoloyed on the web that
> need to connect to a database. One can't guarantee that the client
> running the web application will have Oracle client software installed.
> So the thin driver is used in these cases.
>
> HTH,
> Brian
>
> Jim Kennedy wrote:
> >
> > Type refers to the jdbc standard. Try a google search on it. The oci
> > driver requires you install the Oracle client binaries on the machine
using
> > it. It is about 10% faster and more capable. The thin driver does not
use
> > the Oracle client binaries and hence is easier to distribute.
> > Jim
> >
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> > "Snake72" <snake72_at_tim.it> wrote in message
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> > > Hi everyone!
> > > I have a couple of questions about JDBC OCI Oracle Driver.
> > > Thanks in advance to everyone that will respond me.
> > >
> > > I would like to know the differences from JDBC Oracle Driver and JDBC
> > > thin Oracle driver:when must I use the first and when the second?
> > >
> > > On the oracle site is written that JDBC Oracle Driver is a "type 2"
> > > driver and JDBC thin Oracle driver is a "type 4" driver:what do they
> > > mean for "Type"?
> > >
> > >
> > > By and thanks,
> > > Crys
> > >
> > >
>
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Received on Thu Jun 05 2003 - 11:48:18 CDT