Re: Oracle Objects for OLE vs. RDO?

How fast does it compare with OCX for OCI?

OCX for OCI can be found at http://www.sfi-software.com under SQL-Sombrero/OCX for OCI. Download available as well as full documentation online from the web site.

John Meyer,
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Gordon Cartwright <tabors_at_dircon.co.uk> wrote in article <59f4mk$si6_at_newsgate.dircon.co.uk>...
> "Delbert Aud" <winprog_at_webworldinc.com> writes:
> > OO4O is wonderful, I don't have any real benchmarks but it greatly
 speeds
> > up operations over odbc connections.
>
> This statement conflicts with my very limited experience. We too are
 trying to
> decide on the method to access Oracle from VB4. I have found RDO and OO4O
 to
> provide similar access times to get the data from the server to the
 client (Win
> 95), but OO4O is v.slow at referencing individual columns once they are
 there.
>
> As an example, 1000 rows can be retrieved and loaded into a list box via
 RDO is
> 2 secs. Via OO4O it takes 18 secs.
>
> Re RDO, be v. wary of it's bound controls. For every RDC on a form you
 get a
> separate Oracle session. Yuk.
>
> I haven't managed to try OO4O with bound controls yet, because that bit
 isn't
> shipping. Oracle told me it should be available early in the new year.
>
> Hope this helps
>
  Received on Mon Dec 23 1996 - 00:00:00 CET