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Re: odbc driver Oracle 8.1.7.4

From: Paul Drake <drak0nian_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 27 Apr 2004 21:44:15 -0700
Message-ID: <1ac7c7b3.0404272044.3f504c1@posting.google.com>


Brian Peasland <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:<408ECF6D.C5DC8DC8_at_remove_spam.peasland.com>...
> Tom wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Not sure whether or not this is the right newsgroup to post this question,
> > but here it is:
> > Does anybody know what combination of Oracle / MS ODBC driver and MDAC is
> > best for a Windows 2000 SP 4 Server? I'm running Oracle 8.1.7.4.0. I've
> > tested several ODBC drivers and MDAC 2.5 / 2.7 SP1, but I keep getting
> > errors about wrong datatypes in my ASP code. The code worked fine on a NT4
> > system, but I'm upgrading to W2000 Server. The problems appear ad random:
> > sometimes there are no problems at all, but every now and then (quite often
> > as a matter of fact) the system cannot open a recordset or execute a query
> > and then IIS 5 hangs.
> >
> > Anybody familiar with this problem?
> >
> > Any help is appreciated, since I've been searching for a couple of days now!
> >
> > Thanx!
> >
> > Tom
>
> The best ODBC drivers I've seen for Oracle, are from Oracle. Install
> Oracle's ODBC drivers. I've also seen good ODBC drivers from Data Direct
> (?) but they cost $$$$$. I've had bad problems with MS's ODBC drivers
> for Oracle, so I stay away from them.
>
> HTH,
> Brian

IIRC,
Oracle released a patchset 8.1.7.5.0 for ODBC. Check metalink for patchsets/one off patches.

hth.

Pd Received on Tue Apr 27 2004 - 23:44:15 CDT

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