Re: Visual Basic and Oracle??

bgeake_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> In article <7404qn$njh$1_at_news.hughes.net>,
> "Fearless" <FearlessFly_at_~no-spam~usa.net> wrote:
> > Can anyone in this newsgroup direct me to any info, ie. White Paper, FAQ
> > Sheet, etc., on using Oracle within Visual Basic 6.
> >
> > I understand the beyond the basics of VB6 and ODBC, etc.; however, I would
> > like to have some solid info beyond what Microsoft provides. Most of the
> > books on the market that cover VB only cover SQL Server with VB. I know
> > that there are similarities of use between these two ClientServers, but I
> > would like specific info as it relates to Oracle.
> >
> > Has anybody had any success in using the Oracle Control that ships with VB6
> > (very poorly documented, if at all)?
> >
> > Books?
> > Third-Party Products?
> > Anybody with solid experience?
> >
>
> I use Oracle Objects for OLE. This seemed to work OK in VB3; I'm porting to
> VB5 at the moment, and it's too early to say whether anything else is better.
> In VB3, OO4O certainly beat ODBC for speed. I never found any books which
> gave OO4O more than a cursory (pun not intended) glance; the help is no worse
> than lots of other stuff these days. In short, I don't like OO4O all that
> much but I know it.
>
> HTH
>
> Bill Geake
> Disclaimer: nothing to do with my employer
>
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Try the following book, I hope this will meet your need.(This is already in market. )

Oracle Programming with Visual Basic
  Sybex, 1999, 715 pages, orc_vb_int, ISBN 0782123228   List Price: $39.99 Received on Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00:00 CET