Re: Oracle7 ODBC problems

From: Hans Forbrich <forbrich_at_tibalt.supernet.ab.ca>
Date: 20 Dec 1994 09:02:23 -0700
Message-ID: <3d6v6f$5kl_at_tibalt.supernet.ab.ca>


KPGraham (kpgraham_at_aol.com) wrote:
> I am using VB and Oracle 6 with ODBC - It's sometimes
> slow but it works. I recently installed Oracle 7 ODBC
> drivers and my applications consistantly crash within
> minutes, usually seconds. Windows locks up. Other
> applications that use the Oracle 7 drivers (not ODBC)
> have no problems.
 

> Is this a known reaction to the new ODBC drivers?
 

> I understand that ODBC drivers are a little intense
> but not impossible to write. Has anyone written an
> alternative to the Oracle or Microsoft stuff?
 

> Thanks for any help,
 

> Keith P. Graham
> KPGraham_at_AOL.COM

Is it possible that you are still using the ODBC drivers for ORACLE 6?

Our app uses Intersolve's MultiLink/VB as an add-in to handle the interface between VB and Oracle. We experienced some incompatibility when we used the Oracle 6 drivers against ORACLE7. Switching drivers fixed that up.

/Hans Received on Tue Dec 20 1994 - 17:02:23 CET

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